Vries Peter Joseph Fields (21 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. THE SCRIPT! Presentable ACTING EDITION. Some mild shelf wear to the covers. Good binding and the text flows clearly. Enjoy this Acting Script reliable for performance.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. (Comedy Plays, Drama) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

8 page programme in good condition. Starring William Franklyn, Ian Carmichael, Barbara Murray & Dilys Lane.

Theatre programme., 4pp with colour cover., Good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Solid binding. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Wraps. Condition: Good. 12 pages, plus covers. Illustrations (some color inside). This production was directed by Billy Matthews. A rare item of Bob Cummings' and Brenda Vaccaro's stage and musical careers. This may be their only joint appearance. This program includes a narrative on Bob Cummings, The History of the Show. With narratives on key cast members, authors, the producers, director, choreographer, musical director, and production designer, costume designer and there is a synopsis of the show. The last page and inside the back cover has photographs of the General Manager, Lighting Director, and the ensemble cast. This production toured: Valley Forge Music Fair, Devon, Pa; Camden County Music Fair, Haddonfield, NJ; Westbury Music Fair, Westbury, L.I.; Storrowton Music Fair, West Springfield, Mass.; Painters Mill Music Fair, Owings Mills, Md., and Shady Grove Music Fair, Gaithersburg, Md. Brenda Buell Vaccaro (born November 18, 1939) is an American stage, television, and film actress. She received one Academy Award nomination, three Golden Globe Award nominations (winning one), four Primetime Emmy Award nominations (winning one), and three Tony Award nominations. Vaccaro's Broadway credits include The Affair (1962), Cactus Flower (1965), the musical How Now, Dow Jones (1967), The Goodbye People (1968), and Jake's Women (1992). For her performance in the 1975 film adaptation of Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough, she gained an Academy Award nomination and won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress. Charles Clarence Robert Orville Cummings (June 9, 1910 - December 2, 1990) was an American film and television actor known mainly for his roles in comedy films such as The Devil and Miss Jones (1941) and Princess O'Rourke (1943), but who was also effective in dramatic films, especially two of Alfred Hitchcock's thrillers, Saboteur (1942) and Dial M for Murder (1954). He received five Primetime Emmy Award nominations, and won the Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Single Performance in 1955. On February 8, 1960, he received two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the motion picture and television industries. His first film for Universal, Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939) was a big success, and in March 1939 Universal took up their options on the actor. The film was directed by Henry Koster, who called Cummings "brilliant, wonderful. I made five pictures with him. I thought he was the best leading man I ever worked with. He had that marvelous comedy talent and also a romantic quality." Reviewing the film, the New York Times said Cummings "displays a really astonishing talent for light comedy. Cummings supported Basil Rathbone and Victor McLaglen in Rio (1939), then was borrowed by 20th Century Fox to romance Sonia Henie in Everything Happens at Night (1939). At Universal he had a key role in Charlie McCarthy, Detective (1939), then was borrowed by MGM to play the lead in a B movie with Laraine Day, And One Was Beautiful (1940). Back at Universal, Cummings was the romantic male lead in a comedy, Private Affairs (1940); then he romanced Durbin again in Spring Parade (1940). Cummings made his mark in the CBS Radio network's dramatic serial titled Those We Love, which ran from 1938 to 1945. He also played the role of David Adair in the serial drama Those We Love, opposite Richard Cromwell, Francis X. Bushman and Nan Grey. In December 1941, Cummings joined the fledgling Civil Air Patrol, an organization of citizens and pilots interested in helping support the U.S. war effort. In February 1942, he helped establish Squadron 918-4 located in Glendale, California, at the Grand Central Air Terminal, becoming its first commanding officer. In 1954, Cummings appeared in Twelve Angry Men, an original TV play for Westinghouse Studio One written by Reginald Rose and directed by Franklin Schaffner, alongside actors including Franchot Tone and Edward Arnold. Cummings played Juror Number Eight, the role taken by Henry Fonda in the f.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp . Original publisher's red and cream cloth, lettered red at the spine. Signed presentation from the author on the front endpaper, "To Aunt Esther, with love Joe, 1957." Very good indeed in somewhat faded and used, very good minus dust jacket, with slight egdewear. Signedes.

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1958 film, showing uncredited actor Russell Nype. Newspaper clippings and reference library stamps on the verso. A comedy of errors about a married man who comes to believe that he has impregnated the owner of an adoption agency, and that she will serve as the surrogate. From the archive of the PIX Agency, an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers (as well as those still living in Europe) and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969. 8 x 10 inches, archivally matted on a 11 x 14 inch mat. Very Good, with annotations in manuscript ink on the recto regarding cropping, and a small splash on the right edge.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Fine in a very good or better dustwrapper, rubbed and with the spine sunned. One of the author's scarcest books, Inscribed by De Vries.

Brass Grommets. Condition: Good. First Edition. Original Acting Type-Script from the first Broadway Production which premiered on February 13, 1957 and ran until February 22, 1958. Probably the Director's copy (Joseph Fields). A Good copy, hand-typed carbon typescript bound with brass grommets, in grey printed folder. Pagination is by act/scene numeration, with Stage Manager's Worksheet, Props and Wardrobe sections at end. Hand annotations, notes and marginalia throughout in lead, red and blue pencil, with some plastic paper-clips to some fore-edge leaves. Condition is Good, with cover well-worn, thumbed, with many tears and splits. Text is better, with light soil throughout. No signatures of ownership identification. The original hit production featured Tom Ewell, Nancy Olson, Darren McGavin, Elisabeth Fraser, Sylvia Daneel and Elizabeth Wilson. The drama was shortly adapted by Hollywood [MGM, 1958, in a production directed by Gene Kelly, with Doris Day, Richard Widmark, Gig Young, Gia Scala and the two "Elizabeths" from the New York cast]. Unique copy. Q15939.