Hedda Hopper Et Al (3 results)

Paperback. Magazine, approximately 8 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches, pp 2-34, illustrated with black and white photographs and a few drawings; full color front cover (clown and small elephant) with Coca-Cola ad on reverse side. Fair. Age yellowed, front cover detached, 1 1/2 inch tear on lower edge, several lesser nicks, MISSING rear cover (starts with article by Floyd King and ends with 1951 offical route) , 4 inch tear along fold on spine at first and last leaves, approximately 1/2 to 1 inch deep light tan stain on top edge of textblock, flipped through, otherwise tight, clean, relatively crisp and unmarked. Consists of articles about circus, including "Circus Appeals to All; Has No Race or Creed", various attractions, featured acts in each of the three rings, promotion of a wild west show starring Tama Frank ad his famous movie horse Flack, etc. Circus; ephemera; history; Baby Boomer; nostalgia; popular culture.…

Softcover. Condition: Good. Vol 45 no546. Good in wrappers. Magazine, Covers and spine rubbed with soiling, spine ends and cover edges worn, some light blotchy red soiling on 1st page, pages browned, a few small tears on cover edges, subscription sticker on front cover.

Condition: Very good. - Quarto [12 inches high by 9 inches wide], softcover bound in decorative blue & white wrappers titled in gilt. The wraps are rubbed & lightly bumped & the spine is chipped. There is light soiling to the rear wrap. Unpaginated, with a program addenda laid in. Photographic illustrations & pictorial ads. Very good. The American National Theatre and Academy was chartered by Congress in 1935. In 1946, it established the National Theatre Foundation which entailed "the pooling of ideas, resources, knowledge, in the sponsorship, stimulation and support of good theatre for the country as a whole".The ANTA Album was a gala benefit performance inaugurated in 1948--"the first benefit given by the theatre for the theatre, by the people of show business for the idea and ideal of an American national theatre"--and presented each year thereafter. The 1951 Album was produced by Jean Dalrymple and the Mistresses of Ceremonies were Fay Emerson, Hedda Hopper, Margaret Webster and Tallulah Bankhead. Among the evening's performances were scenes from the musical productions "Finian's Rainbow", the operatic version of "Emperor Jones", "Annie Get Your Gun", "Porgy and Bess" and "Of Thee I Sing"; from the ballet "Rodeo", with music by Aaron Copland; and from the plays "My Sister Eileen" [with Shirley Booth], "Camille" [two versions, one with Uta Hagen, one with Eva LeGallienne], "Our Town" [with Thornton Wilder as the Stage Manager] and Shaw's "The Devil's Disciple". Also Gloria Swanson performed "Impressions of Charlie Chaplin".…