Busby Berkeley Choreographer (4 results)
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Call Me Mister (Original screenplay for the 1951 film)
Betty Grable (starring); Busby Berkeley (choreographer); Sammy Fain (songs);Albert E. Lewin, Burt Styler (screenwriters); Lloyd Bacon (director); Dan Dailey, Danny Thomas, Richard Boone (starring);
Published by Twentieth Century-Fox, Los Angeles, 1950
- Softcover
- Manuscript / Paper Collectible
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerRevised Final script for the 1951 film. Script belonging to an unknown crew member with their manuscriptic pencil annotation on the verso of some pages. An American soldier in occupied Japan after the conclusion of World War II joins his former love in putting on performances for the troops in an attempt to win her back. Red tit…led wrappers, noted as Revised Final on the front wrapper, rubber-stamped copy No. 5 and production No. 314, dated April 18, 1950. Title page present, dated April 18, 1950, noted as Revised Final, with credits for screenwriters Albert E. Lewin and Burt Styler. 134 leaves, with last page of text numbered 123. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good, bound internally with three gold brads.
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Gold Diggers [Golddiggers] in Paris (Original screenplay for the 1938 film)
Rudy Vallee, Rosemary Lane, Hugh Herbert (starring); Busby Berkeley (choreographer); Ray Enright (director); Earl Baldwin, Warren Duff (screenwriters)
Published by Warner Brothers, Burbank, CA, 1938
- Softcover
- Manuscript / Paper Collectible
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerFinal script for the 1938 film musical. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper. The fifth and final film in Warner Brothers' series of successful and gorgeously choreographed "Gold Digger" films. Dance sequences directed by Busby Berkeley. Set in Paris, shot on location in Paris and New York. Blue titled wrappers,… with Warner Brothers Stenographic Department stamp on the bottom edge of the front wrapper, noted as FINAL. Distribution page present, with receipt intact. Title page integral with the distribution page, dated 1/4/38, noted as FINAL and PART I. 141 leaves, with last page of text numbered 139. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with two gold brads.
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Varsity Show (Original screenplay for the 1937 film, presentation copy belonging to screenwriter Jerry Wald)
Dick Powell (starring); Busby Berkeley (choreographer); Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians, Ted Healy, Rosemary Lane (starring); William Keighley (director); Jerry Wald, Richard Macaulay, Sig Herzig, Warren Duff (screenwriters)
Published by N.p., N.p., 1937
- Hardcover
- Manuscript / Paper Collectible
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerSecond Revised Final Draft script for the 1937 film musical. Specially bound copy belonging to screenwriter Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the bottom of the front board, with manuscript ink and pencil annotations on eight pages. Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as b…oth a screenwriter and producer of a number of notable films, including "Mildred Pierce" (1945), "Humoresque" (1946), "Key Largo" (1948), and "Flamingo Road" (1949). In the 1950s he moved to Twentieth Century-Fox, and was the producer there for "An Affair to Remember" (1957), "Peyton Place" (1957), and "Sons and Lovers" (1960). College students rebel when their professor doesn't allow swing music in their varsity show. They enlist the help of an alumni, a big Broadway star, not knowing his last three productions were flops. The film's Busby Berkeley finale was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Dance Direction. Bound in maroon leather, with gilt title on the front board and spine. Distribution page present, with receipt intact. Distribution page integral with the title page, dated 4/23/37, noted as 2ND REV. FINAL. 157 leaves, with last page of text numbered 154. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, binding with light rubbing to the extremities, else Near Fine.
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Babes in Arms (Original photograph from the 1939 film)
Busby Berkeley (director, choreographer); Richard Rogers, Lorenz Hart (play); Jack McGowan, Kay Van Riper (screenwriters); Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland (starring)
Published by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], Beverly Hills, CA, 1939
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Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerVintage photograph from the 1939 film musical, based on the 1937 Rogers and Hart Broadway musical play of the same name. With a printed snipe on the verso, along with the stamp of Culver Pictures photo bureau, a date stamp of "Dec 1939," and manuscript annotations regarding layout. Rooney and Garland sing "God's Country" from th…e finale of the musical, in a scene spoofing Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and the FDR's fireside chats. This scene was cut from the film after Roosevelt's death, and believed lost until it was rediscovered and restored in 1990s. Rooney received a Best Actor nomination for his role in the film. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good. Pinholes to the corners, with pinholes at the corners and light wear to the margins. Hirschhorn, p. 167.
