Oõhara John (3 results)

First Edition. Signed and inscribed by the author John Myers OÕHara, to actor John Barrymore. Inscribed: ÒTo John Barrymore, with best wishes, John Myers OÕHara. Feb. 1, 1927.Ó Quarto. Bound in decorative paperboards with blue cloth spine and gilt stamping to the cloth at the front board. Very good lightly used copy with some slight wear to the corners and edges. A finely printed collection of poetry by John Myers OÕHara.

First Edition, First Printing Limited to 1000 copies. Remarkable Cast and Production Signed Copy with 12 signatures gathered by a book collector of the filmÕs surviving actors at the time of this bookÕs publication. The book is signed twice by screenwriter Philip Dunne, Maureen OÕHara (signed on an affixed piece of paper), Roddy McDowall (signed three times and with a signed tipped in notecard) Anna Lee (with a warm signed presentation inscription), Patrick Knowles (signed twice), signed by the bookÕs editor and publisher James Pepper (twice, once in book and with a signed tipped in notecard. Printed on acid-free paper and bound in full linen cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. The shooting script for the highly acclaimed John Ford film with a long essay by Dunne about the writing of the film and working with Ford. The storyline of the film is centered on the challenges, hopes, and loves of a family living in a Welsh mining town as seen through the eyes of the familyÕs youngest member, Huw (played by McDowall). The film won 5 Oscars; Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography - Black & White, and Best Art Direction. It also received 5 Oscar nominations for Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress (Allgood), Best Sound Recording, Best Film Editing, and Best Music - Scoring of a Dramatic Picture.

10 Ò x 8 1/8Ó. The photograph shows John OÕHara and Lewis Milestone, on the set of the film The General Died at Dawn which Milestone directed, and which starred Gary Cooper and Madeleine Carroll, with a screenplay by Clifford Odets from a story by Charles G. Booth. OÕHara had a bit part in the film as a reporter, and is credited with the often quoted line: ÒWe could've made wonderful music together.Ó The photograph shows OÕHara and Milestone having a chat outside, both wearing double-breasted suits. John OÕHara was a film critic early in his writing career for the N.Y. Morning Telegraph, and collaborated on several original screenplays, but is perhaps best known in the cinematic world for the film adaptations of his novels, including Pal Joey (1957 - a musical with Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra, and Kim Novak), From the Terrace (1960 - with Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, and Myrna Loy), Butterfield 8 (1960 - with Elizabeth Taylor and Laurence Harvey), and A Rage to Live (1965 - with Suzanne Pleshette, Bradford Dillman, and Ben Gazzara). As a screenwriter, his credits include He Married His Wife, I Was an Adventuress, Moontide, The Best Things in Life Are Free, etc.