Finklehoffe Fred F (7 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Soft cover sheet music in good condition. Creasing and several small tears to all edges of pages. Pages lightly tanned. 4to. 4pp.

Two vintage photographs from the 1940 film, including one vintage studio still photograph and one vintage reference photograph. One with the stamp and sticker of Culver Service Photos and Research to the verso, one with a seller stamp and sticker to the verso. The sequel to "Brother Rat" (1938), following three cadets as they graduate from Virginia Military Institute and face adult life after school. Set at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia, and shot there on location. One photograph 8 x 10 inches, one photograph 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, with light edgewear and toning.

Three vintage photographs from the 1938 film, including two vintage reference photographs and one portrait photograph. One with the stamp of Dell Publishing Company to the verso, and one with the stamps of the New York Public Library Picture Collection and Reference Department / Theatre Collection to the border and verso. Based on the 1936 play. Three cadets become friends at the Virginia Military Institute, where they lightheartedly play pranks and break rules. Actor Eddie Albert's debut feature film, and the set on which future husband and wife Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman would meet. Set at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia, and shot there on location. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, with light soil and edgewear.

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1947 film, showing actors Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1, 1901. Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s, and was the first still photographer to win an Academy Award. He went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures, where he worked well into the 1950s. Based on the 1945 memoir by Betty MacDonald, about a young couple who decide to become chicken farmers, leading to a number of humorous mishaps. Colbert was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for her performance. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine.

Revised Draft script for the 1938 film. Specially bound copy belonging to screenwriter Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the bottom of the front board, and with manuscript maker and color pencil annotations on 17 pages. Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both 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). Based on the 1936 play by John Monks Jr. and Fred F. Finklehoffe. Three cadets become friends at the Virginia Military Institute, where they lightheartedly play pranks and break rules. Actor Eddie Albert's debut feature film, and the set on which future husband and wife Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman would meet. Set at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia, and shot there on location. Bound in maroon leather with gilt title on the front board and spine. Distribution page present, with receipt intact. Title page present, dated 5/9/38, with credits for playwrights John Monks, Jr. and Fred F. Finklehoff and screenwriters Jerry Wald and Richard Macauley. 165 leaves, with last page of text numbered 161. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, binding Very Good plus, with rear hinge starting.

Vintage reference photograph from the 1948 musical film, showing dancers Cyd Charisse and Dee Turnell en pointe. Mimeo snipe on the verso. A fictionalized, musical retelling of the Broadway and Hollywood songwriting partnership of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz "Larry" Hart. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with moderate wear and pinholes at the corners.

Vintage borderless double weight publicity photograph from the 1941 film, showing actors Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland dancing the hoe-down. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A would-be Broadway singer plans a benefit show to send orphaned children to summer camp, but secretly means to use the production to get ahead in his own career. The third film in MGM's "Backyard Musical" series, following "Babes in Arms" (1939) and Strike Up the Band" (1940), and preceding "Girl Crazy" (1943). Set in New York. 7.75 x 11 inches. Near Fine.