John Murray Allen Boretz (16 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. THE SCRIPT! Presentable ACTING EDITION. Some shelf wear and scuff to the covers. Some tanning to the inside cover page. Former actor name. Enjoy this ACTING SCRIPT Reliable for your performance.

Paperback. Condition: Good. THE SCRIPT! Reliable ACTING EDITION SCRIPT with a good binding and plenty of clear text. Some shelf wear to the covers. Enjoy this useful ACTING SCRIPT for your dramatic and theatrical needs. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Good condition with some yellowing of pages, but binding tight. Generally good copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Pages (8). Illustrated. 215x140mm. Original printed wrappers. The first Irish production of this classic American play, which was made into a film featuring the Marx Brothers This Gaiety Theatre programme includes portraits of the lead actors: Joe Lynch, Donal Donnelly and Geniveve Lyons. Light wear to covers, otherwise a very good copy. Postage will be reduced on this item.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. FIRST US EDITION with rubbed and torn dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post within 12 hours of receipt of order.

Broché, couverture illustrée. In-4°, 46p. Illustrations en noir et blanc.Adaptation d'Albert Husson et Francis Blanche.Mise en scène de Jacques Charon.

Broché, couverture illustrée. In-4°, 48p. Illustrations en noir et blanc.Adaptation d'Albert Husson et de Francis Blanche.

Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Vintage reference photograph of the original poster for the 1944 film musical, based on the 1937 Broadway musical "Room Service" by Allen Boretz and John Murray, previously adapted in 1938 as a Marx Brothers vehicle. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. Manuscript ink notation to the recto, image not affected. Lightly toned, with diagonal creases to the upper corners. Hirschhorn, p. 244.…

Softcover. Condition: Gut. German actor Volker Spenglers private copy. Contains his signature, and some highlighting on the role of Leo Davis, later played by Jack Lemmon.

Leather. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Indeed. First edition. A bright example of the very scarce first edition of this humorous play about a theatre producer, in the vibrant original dust wrapper. From the library of Clive Hirschhorn. The very scarce first edition, first printing of this work. In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. A farcical three act comedy from Allen Boretz and John Murray, following a producer living on credit with a group of actors in a New York hotel, looking for an angel investor with $15,000. It was made into a film of the same name in 1938, and then adapted into a musical film in 1944 starring Frank Sinatra, called 'Step Lively'. From the library of Clive Hirschhorn, theatre critic at the Sunday Express from 1966 to 1995, and a noted book collector of 20th century authors, with his collection including all the major works of Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Steinbeck and others. With Clive's characteristic inscription with his date of acquisition to the upper corner of the front pastedown. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, exceptional, with minor closed tear to back strip head. Pencil inscription to front pastedown head. Dust wrapper back strip a touch age toned, with small loss to back strip head, and closed tears to centre of back strip. Tape repairs to dust wrapper reverse at flyleaf folds, with front flyleaf tenderly held due to closed tear at fold. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine. None (illustrator). book.…

No binding. Condition: Very Good. This play produced by Special Service, SOS, NATOUSA Entertainment Branch. Single-page folded theatrical program from a USO performance in North Africa early in the war. Cast with brief biographies includes several actors-turned-servicemen and 2 actresses courtesy of USO-Camp. Shows, Inc., namely Brooke Fleming and Virginia Robinson. Directed by George Abbott, theatrical and film producer whose career spanned 8 decades. Room Service was a 1937 screwball comedy about show business set in the White Way Hotel in New York City. It was the basis for the 1938 Marx Brothers film and was remade as Step Lively in 1944 with George Murphy and Frank Sinatra. Playwright John Murray served as a Captain in the Signal Corps during the war. Unusual piece of World War II ephemera, from the estate of a veteran. Creased, folded.…

Vintage reference photograph for the 1944 film musical, based on the 1937 Broadway musical "Room Service" by Allen Boretz and John Murray, previously adapted in 1938 as a Marx Brothers vehicle. Date stamped "June 1944," with stamp crediting photographer Hendrickson, copyright stamps for RKO Pictures and Culver Services, and a sticker for the later on the verso, along with manuscript annotations. Director Tim Whelan leans in, with crew members in the background, as Gloria DeHaven sings to a piano playing Frank Sinatra. 10 x 8 inches. Light edgewear. Very Good plus. Hirschhorn, p. 244.…

First Edition. Advance review copy with the publisherÕs printed dated review slip laid in. Faint tape marks to the corners of the free endpapers, else fine in a near fine dust jacket with just a hint of aging. The opening night production on Broadway was directed by George Abbott and starred Eddie Albert, Alexander Asro, Jack Byrne, Betty Field, Sam Levene, Philip Loeb, and Ralph Morehouse. The play served as the basis for the classic comedy film directed by William Seiter, starring Groucho, Chico, and Harpo Marx, Lucile Ball, Ann Miller, and Frank Albertson.…