Gower Champion (21 results)

Soft cover. Condition: VG+. 1st Edition. A VG or better 4-page supplemental press sheet. Book.

Condition: Very Good. NY Playbill 1984. 1/0/00 Binding: Unknown VG. in wraps dj. 86 pages. Illustrated by illus. Magazine edition. 8vo.

Soft cover. Condition: VG+. 1st Edition. A VG or better 8-page pressbook with no cuts or missing pages. 1960's re-release. Size: 11" x 17". Book.

dvd. Condition: Used - Good.

Soft cover. Condition: VGF. A VG or better folded original release 27" x 41" one sheet. Size: 27" x 41". Poster.

paperback. Condition: Good. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear . This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear .

No Binding. Condition: VG. A lot of two VG or better original release 8 x 10 stills. Poster.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st. 96 pages, stapled pictorial wraps; ; includes items by/about: items by/about: Liam O'brien (Complete play, "The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker); Joseph Wood Krutch (Playwright is Still a Poet); Mordecai Gorelik (Life with Bobby, Robert Edmund Jones)(; William Saroyan (Applause); Duglas Campbell (Canadian Players on the Snowplow Circuit ); Mezzo-Soprano Blanche Thebom; Etc. Gower & Marge Champion on cover cover; b/w Illus (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st. 96 pages, stapled pictorial wraps; ; includes items by/about: items by/about: Liam O'brien (Complete play, "The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker); Joseph Wood Krutch (Playwright is Still a Poet); Mordecai Gorelik (Life with Bobby, Robert Edmund Jones)(; William Saroyan (Applause); Duglas Campbell (Canadian Players on the Snowplow Circuit ); Mezzo-Soprano Blanche Thebom; Etc. Gower & Marge Champion on cover cover; b/w Illus (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Original souvenir book, large format. No stated date but based on profiles, likely 1960-61. Full page bios on Gretchen Wyler and Dick Patterson, plus smaller write-ups on other cast members. Lots of photographs. Minor edgewear and rubbing of covers, interior fine.

No Binding. Condition: VGF. A lot of five VG or better original release 8 x 10 stills. Photographic Image.

No Binding. Condition: VGF. A lot of six VG or better original release 8 x 10 stills. Photographic Image.

paperback. Condition: good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDGood, trade paperback, music notes, ink in upper right corner, 5 pages, 4to.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. No date, although circa 1980. A high-quality, glossy souvenir program containing 24 pages including front and rear covers. Packed with full color photographs from the stage musical, as well as short bios, with portrait photos, of [actors] William Linton, Bibi Osterwald, Igors Gavon, Cathleen McGowen, Brooks Morton, Leo Muller, and Randy Phillips; Choreographer Gower Champion (with four photos); [Co-authors] Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble (each with portrait photo); and [key production staff] Lucia Victor, Robin Wagner, Theoni V. Aldredge, Tharon Musser, Karin Baker, Randy Skinner, Philip J. Lang; and Donald Johnston; with portrait photo of David Merrick. Condition: outer covers edge and corner wrinkled/creased; interior pages are in excellent condition. …

Tapa blanda. Condition: Bueno. Buen estado general. Se trata de la banda sonora del musical 42eme RUE de GOWER CHAMPION. Interpretes: Tammy Grimes, Jerry Orbach, Lee Roy Reams, Joseph Bova y Wanda Richert, entre otros.

Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1963 film. A successful Broadway star collapses from exhaustion and is ordered to rest for six weeks at her home in Connecticut, where she manages to fall in love. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Playbill program, August 1980: 54 pp. ; 23 cm. Fine in stapled wrappers. Printed for the opening night performance (August 25, 1980) of the original run at the Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway. Produced by David Merrick, the first of 3,486 performances from 1980-89, winner of two 1981 Tony awards, with choreography by Gower Champion, and starring Wand Richert, Lee Roy Reams, Tammy Grimes and Jerry Orbach. Includes a ticket stub for the Gower Champion memorial service. …

Complete set of eight vintage lobby cards from the 1974 film. Based on Donald E. Westlake's 1972 novel, which follows a crew of criminals who decide to steal not only a bank's contents, but the whole bank itself. Set in Los Angeles, shot on location in Richmond, Virginia. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Lee, The Heist Film. …

Autograph Letter to Polly Bergen Signed by Marge and Gower Champion, [circa 1958] 4 x 5 inch (folded) stationery notecard Moderate spotting and foxing, still about Very Good A warm, heartfelt fan letter from one celebrated singer/actress (and her famous husband) to another. Marjorie Celeste (Marge) Champion (1919-2020) had a long and celebrated career. She made her debut at the age of 11 in the ballet "Carnival in Venice" at the Hollywood Bowl and by 12 she was a ballet instructor at her father's studio. She was hired by the Walt Disney Studio as a dance model for the animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937 and later modeled for characters in Pinocchio, Fantasia and other Disney films. She married noted theater director, dancer and choreographer Gower Champion, and the two performed together as a dance team in countless musicals through the 1940s and '50s. She also appeared in several films and Broadway shows. In 1957, the Champions had their own TV series, The Marge and Gower Champion Show. Marge has earned an Emmy and the Disney Legends Award, and in 2013 she received the Douglas Watt Lifetime Achievement Award at the Fred and Adele Astaire Awards ceremonies. Gower directed a number of Broadway hits, most notably Bye Bye Birdie and Hello Dolly, and won eight Tony awards. He also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The letter reads in full: Dear Polly - We can't remember ever being impelled enough by a performance to feel the absolute necessity of writing a fan letter. But you did it! Your Helen Morgan had us - and our friends - right on our ears. You've accomplished the impossible, created a person - a mood and a program which even the commercials couldn't dim or destroy - a performance which held us completely for the full 90 minutes! Bravo! You are a truly fine actress in the great tradition of singing actresses. Much good luck to you. Marge and Gower Polly Bergen (1930-2014) won an Emmy Award in 1958 for her performance as Helen Morgan in Helen Morgan (Playhouse 90). She was nominated for a Tony for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance as Carlotta Campion in Follies in 2001. Her film work included Cape Fear (1962) and The Caretakers (1963), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe. She hosted her own weekly variety show for a season, The Polly Bergen Show, was a regular panelist on the TV game show To Tell the Truth, and later in life had roles on The Sopranos and Desperate Housewives. She is said to be the inspiration behind Mother Goose in The Land of Stories, and she also wrote three books on beauty, fashion, and charm. A fantastic fan letter, handwritten and signed, to and from noted performers of the 1950s and beyond. …

Draft script for the 1960 musical, noted as "Acting Version" on the front wrapper. The play opened at the Martin Beck Theatre on April 14, 1960, transferring to the 54th Street Theatre and then the Shubert Theatre, and closed on October 7, 1961, after a run of 607 performances. Winner of the 1961 Tony Award for Best Musical. An unsuccessful pop songwriter is convinced he can make his fortune if he can get recently drafted rock and roll star Conrad Birdie on the Ed Sullivan show to kiss his high school girlfriend goodbye. Basis for the 1963 film version starring Janet Leigh, Dick Van Dyke, Maureen Stapleton and Ann-Margaret. Red titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers, noted as Acting Version on the front wrapper. Title page present, with credits for Book by Mike Stewart, Music by Charles Strause, Lyrics by Lee Adams, and Directed and Choreographed by Gower Champion. 107 leaves, with last page of text numbered 2-8-42. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good with chipping and closed tears at the extremities, bound with two gold screw brads.…