Rand Sally (8 results)

Magazine. [40p] including covers, 8.5x11 inches, photos, ads, listings, reviews, features, lightly-worn and toned else very good pastebound newsprint entertainment magazine. Cover story on an attack by a self-styled John the Baptist on gay men downtown. Also an interview with legendary stripper Miss Sally Rand. Also inside reporting on discrimination of gays and trans people by employers and the formation of S.I.R.'s Yonkers Production Co.

Soft Cover. No Jacket. First Edition. PAPERBACK, PBO with Light Rub, wear , Signed by Holly Knox, 1988, 1st edition, 5 3/4 X 9 in. Interior nice tight Clean, 8 vo. NF+/NF, AS-IS, SOFTCOVER ,She later worked in Mack Sennett Movies, & Hal Roach Comedies & Cecil B. DeMilles Stock Co., Then stock market Crashed. Then she went to Paramount Club & Became Sally Manipulating her Huge Pink Ostrick Fans Slowly & gracefully Showing only teasing glimpses of her Nude body . Great star of Burlesque was Born. Signed by Author.

Unbound. Condition: Very good+ condition. First Edition. Promotional card from the nightclub "Man's Country" located at 515 N. Clark St. in Chicago; printed on both sides. One side has a printed photographic image of Rand, over which she has inscribed "To the Up North Restaurant [signed] Sally Rand." The reverse of the card reads "Your host Gary Chichester invites you to meet Miss Sally Rand. Miss Rand will be delighted to autograph this photograph for you between shows." A few tiny spots of mounting adhesive on text side of card, with one tiny spot affecting image. Born as Helen Gould Beck caught her fame on the midway in the 1933 Century of Progress World's Fair where she danced with fans made of huge ostrich plumes, and not much else. Entertainment, Celebrity. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). Autograph.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. (Sally Rand) in print, on printed Western Union form, Los Angeles, January 28, 1934. 8" X 6 1/2", 1 page (not signed). To Walter Winchell the Mirror New York City ".thank you for your good wishes think you will be happy to know the boys condition improved today for first time." Rand (1904-79), born April 3, 1904, Hickory County, Missouri; died August 31, 1979, Glendora, California; American stage, vaudeville and screen actress; more famous as a fan-dancer in burlesque; debuted her fan dance at the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair; film career of over 25 films from 1925-1938: appeared in three Cecil B. DeMille's productions "Bachelor Brides" 1926; "Gigolo" 1926; and "The King of Kings" 1927.

This exotic fan dancer caused a sensation at the 1933 Chicago Word's Fair. TNS, 1p, 5½" X 8½", Glendora, CA, 1968 March 8. Addressed to Norman Ziel. Very good. Would be fine but for small tape stain on verso that shows through at center of letter (not affecting signature). Thanks an admirer for his letter. Large, sloppy signature.

Letter. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall (small). Slight rubbing and browning (chiefly to edges); slight paperclip marking at top edge; else a well-preserved piece. 1 leaf (recto only). Full-face pose, with fan covering most of body (except for left leg); unidentified photographer, date is conjectural; signed (in full) and inscribed by Rand in blue ink (on fan part of image): 'To Mary / with every good wish / Sincerely / Sally Rand'. 6 3/4' x 4 3/4' (17.3 x 12.1 cm). Additional manila envelope (with Sally Rand imprint and that of Maurice Seymour Studios); postmarked Baltimore, Maryland, May 16, 1938, with secretarial holograph address and address correction. Rand (1904-79; born Helen Gould Beck); American exotic dancer, noted for her fan manipulations (in all senses); performer at the 1933-34 Chicago World's Fair, and in a few films ('King of Kings', 1927; 'Bolero', 1934; etc).1 b/w Photograph (portrait).

Newspaper. Eighteen issues broken run of the second year's issues of the Bay Area's first mass-distribution gay newspaper. Issue numbers include: volume 2:3, 5, 6, 12-26. Headlines include: Gay Militants Zap S.I.R. Dinner. Anti Vice Squad Demonstration. Gay Political Power Growing. McGovern: the Great Gay Hope. The World Just Ain't Ready for the Camp Awards. Christopher Street Parade. S.I.R. Burns - Arson?

unbound. 10 x 8-inch glamorous shoulder-up image of Rand smiling, with a Rosnaisse stamp on the back, no place, no date, circa 1948. Inscribed with excellent contrast: "To Margret Moore, all the best, Sally Rand, 6/22/54." Near fine condition. American actress and exotic dancer.