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THOMAS, Norman (1884-1968)Biblio.com

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Lawrence DURRELLBiblio.com

tournage du film adapté de son livre ""Justine"" Signed autograph postcard addressed to Jani Brun

196970552Sommières 1969. Fine. Sommières 3 janvier 1969 14.60 x 10.20 cm une carte postale Signed autograph postcard from Lawrence Durrell addressed to Jani Brun written in purple felt-tip pen on the verso of a humorous illustration by Lassalvy. The writer sends his wishes for the year 1969 to his young French lover and prepares to follow the filming of the movie adapted from his novel ""Justine"" first volume of his Alexandria Quartet: ""Je vais à Londres samedi pour un mois de 'filmage'. Amuse toi bien mais sagement !"" ""I'm going to London Saturday for a month of 'filming'. Have fun but wisely!"" After many years spent in Greece Egypt and Rhodes the traveling writer Lawrence Durrell was forced to flee Cyprus following popular uprisings that led the island to independence from the British crown. Rich only with a shirt and a typewriter but crowned with the success of his novel Bitter Lemons of Cyprus he arrived in France in 1956 and settled in the Languedoc village of Sommières. In the ""maison Tartès"" his large house surrounded by trees he wrote the second part of his work his monumental Avignon Quintet devoted himself to painting and received his illustrious friends including the couple Henry Miller and Anaïs Nin violinist Yehudi Menuhin London publisher Alan G. Thomas and his two daughters Penelope and Sappho. Among the olive trees and under the Mediterranean sun he met in the mid-1960s the young and vivacious ""Jany"" Janine Brun a woman from Montpellier in her thirties with devastating beauty who worked in the Antiquities department at the Sorbonne in Paris. She was nicknamed ""Buttons"" in memory of their first meeting where the young woman wore a dress covered with buttons. Henry Miller also fell under the spell of ""Buttons"" praising her beauty and eternal youth in exceptional unpublished letters. The three companions spent memorable Parisian evenings of which we preserve precious autograph traces through their epistolary exchanges. Recommended by Durrell she made numerous trips particularly to England from where she received extensive correspondence from the writer as well as original works of art signed with his artistic pseudonym Oscar Epfs. unknown

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Veiller, Bayard; Produced By A H Woods; Staged By A H VanburenBiblio.com

The Trial Of Mary Dugan: A Melodrama Of Ny Life In 3 Acts Inscribed By Producer A. H. Woods

1928050277New York City Ny: Samuel French 1928. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good /No Jacket. 144 Pp. Black Cloth Stamped In Red. First Printing. Very Good Light Usage. Inscribed By Producer A. H. Woods "To My Favorite Agent" Laura Wilk. Wilk Was A Very Well-Connected Broadway Agent At The Time. Albert Herman Woods Born Aladore Herman; 1870 -1951 Was A Hungarian-Born Theatrical Producer Who Spent Much Of His Life In The Usa. He Produced Over 140 Plays On Broadway Including Some Of The Most Successful Shows Of The Period Sometimes Under The Name Of The Production Company 'Al Woods Ltd. Woods Was Born In Budapest Hungary To A Jewish Family But His Family Brought Him To The United States As An Infant. He Grew Up On The Lower East Side Of Manhattan. As A Child He Would Skip School To Go To Theatrical Shows Where He Developed The Goal Of Becoming A Producer Himself. Woods Formed An Early Partnership With Sam H. Harris And Paddy Sullivan Running Tour Companies Of Popular Melodramas Starting With The Bowery After Dark. His First Broadway Production Was The Evil That Men Do In 1903. His Work On Broadway Escalated After The Popularity Of The Touring Melodramas Declined. Woods Had A Stable Of Favorite Playwrights Most Notably Owen Davis Who He Worked With For Several Years On Melodramas Such As Nellie The Beautiful Cloak Model. When Woods Turned To Producing Regular Broadway Shows He Focused On Bedroom Farces Starting With The Girl From Rector's In 1909. During A Trip To Europe In 1911 He Bought The Us Rights To The World's First Full-Color Feature Film The Miracle Which Eventually Premiered In New York 1913. Also In 1911 He Starting Building The Eltinge Theatre On 42Nd Street Named For One Of His Most Successful And Profitable Stars The Female Impersonator Julian Eltinge. By May 1911 A Run Of The Fascinating Widow Starring Eltinge At The Boston Theatre Was Expected To Have Receipts Of $500000 By The Time It Finished. From C1912 He Took Over The Leases Of A Large Number Of Berlin Theatres Including What Became The Ufa-Palast Am Zoo To Put On 'Kino-Vaudeville' Shows A Mix Of Variety Acts Imported From The Us Interspersed With Silent Films. He Was Also Involved With The American Millionaire Joe Goldsoll In The Building Of The German Capital's First Free-Standing Purpose-Built Cinema The Ufa-Pavillon Am Nollendorfplatz. When He Became Successful Woods Continued To Emphasize His Humble Roots And Was Known For His Folksy Manner With Everyone. He Greeted Patrons At The Eltinge As "Sweetheart". Upon Being Introduced To King George V Woods Addressed The Monarch Who Was Older Than Him As "Kid" And Took The Opportunity To Promote One Of His Productions Declaring It To Be "A Regular Show". Woods Was At His Peak In The 1920S Producing Such Hits As Ladies' Night 1920 The Demi-Virgin 1921 The Green Hat 1925 The Shanghai Gesture 1926 Filmed In 1941 And The Trial Of Mary Dugan 1927. However He Lost Most Of His Fortune In The Early 1930S And Never Fully Recovered. In The 1930S His Only Major Hits Were Five Star Final 1930 And Night Of January 16Th 1935. When Woods Staged The Sheldon Davis Comedy Try And Get It In August 1943 Critics Expressed Hope That It Would Revive His Flagging Career But It Closed In Less Than A Week. It Was His Final Production. Although Woods Continued To Read Scripts And Attempt To Generate Interest He Was Unable To Stage Any Productions After 1943. He Died On April 24 1951 In His Residence At The Hotel Beacon In New York. The Once Wealthy Former Producer Ended His Life Bankrupt. After A Memorial Service Attended By Many Prominent Theater Personalities His Remains Were Cremated. Woods Produced A Number Of Bedroom Farces Which Critics And Local Authorities Often Saw As Pushing The Boundaries Of Propriety. In Several Instances Woods Encountered Legal Troubles As A Result. Samuel French hardcover

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Rilke, Rainer Maria; Translation By M D Herter Norton; Design By Werner Helmer; Inscribed From Francis Lederer To Mrs Jesse LaskBiblio.com

The Tale Of The Love And Death Of Cornet Christopher Rilke

1932045102Nw York: W. W. Norton & Company 1932. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 38 Pp. Grey Cloth Spine Black Cloth Covers Stamped In Gilt And Red. First Printing Near Fine In Very Good Dust Jacket Priced $1.50. Inscribed From Actor Francis Lederer " Dearest Mrs. Lasky To Find An Artistic Soul As Yours Touched By A Tale Like This Is Greatest Thrill To The Interpreter Francis Lederer". Francis Frantisek Lederer 1899- 2000 Was A Czech-Born American Film And Stage Actor With A Successful Career First In Europe Then In The United States. Lederer Started Acting When He Was Young And Was Trained At The Academy Of Music And Academy Of Dramatic Art In Prague. After Service In The Austrian-Hungarian Imperial Army In World War I He Made His Stage Debut As An Apprentice With The New German Theater A Walk-On In The Play Burning Heart. He Toured Moravia And Central Europe Making A Name For Himself As A Matinee Idol In Theaters In Czechoslovakia Hungary Austria And Germany. Notable Among His Performances Was A Turn As Romeo In Max Reinhardt's Staging Of Romeo And Juliet. In The Late 1920S Lederer Was Lured Into Films By The German Actress Henny Porten And Her Husband. He Worked With G.W. Pabst In Pandora's Box Starring Louise Brooks And Atlantic Both 1929. Lederer Billed As "Franz" At This Time Made The Transition From Silent Films To Sound Films. In 1931 Lederer Was In London To Perform On Stage In Volpone And The Next Year In Autumn Crocus By Dodie Smith Which He Then Performed On Broadway - Using The Name "Francis" - Where It Played For 210 Performances In 1932 And 1933. He Also Performed The Play In Los Angeles. Lederer's First American Movies Were Man Of Two Worlds 1934 Romance In Manhattan 1934 With Ginger Rogers The Gay Deception 1935 With Frances Dee And One Rainy Afternoon 1936. He Was Cast As The Lead With Katharine Hepburn In The 1935 Film Break Of Hearts But The Producers Replaced Him With Charles Boyer. It Was Irving Thalberg's Plan To Make Lederer The Biggest Star In Hollywood But The Death Of Thalberg Ended This Possibility. Although He Continued To Play Leads Occasionally - Notably When He Was A Playboy In Mitchell Leisen's Midnight With Claudette Colbert And John Barrymore - In The Late 1930S Lederer Began To Expand His Character Parts Even Playing Villains. Throughout His Career Lederer Who Studied With Elia Kazan At The Actors Studio In New York City Continued To Take Stage Acting Seriously And He Performed Often Both In New York And Elsewhere. He Appeared In Stage Productions Of Golden Boy 1937 Seventh Heaven 1939 No Time For Comedy 1939 In Which He Replaced Laurence Olivier The Play's The Thing 1942 A Doll's House 1944 Arms And The Man 1950 The Sleeping Prince 1956 And The Diary Of Anne Frank 1958. Although He Took A Break From Making Films In 1941 In Order To Concentrate On His Stage Work He Returned To The Silver Screen In 1944 Appearing In Voice In The Wind And The Bridge Of San Luis Rey And In Films Such As Jean Renoir's The Diary Of A Chambermaid 1946 And Million Dollar Weekend 1948. During The 1950S He Served As Honorary Mayor Of Canoga Park. He Would Continue To Make Television Appearances For The Next 10. In His Later Life Lederer Who Had Become Very Wealthy Invested In Real Estate Especially In The Canoga Park Community Part Of Which At One Time Included West Hills In 1987. He Was Active In Local And Los Angeles Civic Affairs Philanthropy And Politics. He Served As Recreation And Parks Commissioner For The City Of Los Angeles Received Awards For His Efforts To Beautify The City And Was The Honorary Mayor Of Canoga Park For Quite A Time. He Became Involved With Peace Movements Taught Acting And Was One Of The Founders Of The American National Academy Of Performing Arts And The International Academy Of Performing Arts. Jesse Louis Lasky 1880 - 1958 Was An Important Pioneer Film Producer Who Made A Few Films With Lederer. W. W. Norton & Company hardcover

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Andrade, E N da C [signed By Robert F Bacher]Biblio.com

The Structure of the Atom

1923003175New York 1923: Harcourt Brace & Co. 1923. First American Edition . Blue Cloth. Very Good. 314 Pp. First Printing. This Is Andrade's First Book Originally Published In England In 1923 Intended As An Introduction To Atomic Structure For The "Serious Student". Andrade Was Quain Professor Of Physics At The University Of London 1928-1950 And A Highly Honored Historian Of The Physical Sciences. This Copy Signed By Robert F. Bacher And Dated In April 1925 While Bacher Was A Student. Bacher Later Followed Hans Bethe To Cornell In 1935 Where He Started Doing Experimental Work In Nuclear Physics With Bethe And Left Theoretical Work Behind. He Was Quickly Promoted To Full Professor And Director Of The Laboratory Of Nuclear Studies. Early On He Had Felt That The United States Needed To Start Doing War Work And When Lee Dubridge Head Of The Radiation Lab Working On Radar At Mit Summoned Him There In 1941 He Went. Then Late In 1942 Oppenheimer Who Had Been One Of Bacher's Instructors Earlier At Caltech Approached Bacher About A New Lab For Nuclear Weapons Work That Was Just Starting Up And The Following Spring Asked Him To Join The Manhattan Project. Bacher Declined Initially Telling Oppenheimer That What He Needed Was Engineers. Ultimately When Oppenheimer Made A Commitment To Hiring More Engineers And Made Him Head Of The Experimental Physics Division Bacher Signed On. From The Beginning Bacher Was Firmly Opposed To Making Los Alamos A Military Lab And Persuaded Oppenheimer Who Had Agreed To Take A Commission As Lieutenant Colonel And Had Already Ordered His Uniforms To Keep It Under Civilian Control At Least Until They Had Enough Fissionable Material For A Bomb. When The Project Was Reorganized In July 1944 To Speed Work On Implosion Bacher'S Experimental Physics Division Was Split And He Was Put In Charge Of The G For "Gadget" The Code Name For The Bomb Division. Bacher Personally Escorted The First Bomb To The Test Site In July Of 1945. In 1946 He Was Awarded The President'S Medal For Merit For His Work On The Manhattan Project. Bacher Returned To Cornell Hoping To Get Back To High-Energy Physics But The Bomb'S Aftermath Continued To Involve Him. He Felt Strongly That There Should Be Some Sort Of International Control Of Atomic Weapons And Worked Hard On Negotiations With The Soviet Union. He Admitted In His Oral History That This Was Perhaps Idealistic But Thought That Getting This Technology Out In The Open Might Have Avoided The Subsequent Cold War. When The Atomic Energy Commission Was Established Bacher Served As The Only Scientist Among Its Members; He Had Tried To Decline The Post But Took It On When He Learned That There Would Be No Scientist At All If He Didn'T Accept. While A Member Of The Aec He Pushed For The Development Of Nuclear Submarines And Breeder Reactors For Commercial Power. In The Meantime Lee Dubridge Now President Of Caltech Offered Him A Position As Chairman Of The Division Of Physics Mathematics And Astronomy Or As Just A Professor Whichever He Preferred. "The Decision I Came To Was A Fateful One And Probably Illustrates A Major Failing In My Makeup" Bacher Said In The Oral History. What He Saw As A Major Failing In His Makeup Was In Fact A Superb Talent For Envisioning The Future And Leading The Institute Into It. After Getting A Commitment That The Institute Would Support A Program In High-Energy Physics Both Theoretical And Experimental Bacher Arrived In 1949. One Of His First Hires In High-Energy Physics Was Robert Walker Whom He Had Known At Los Alamos And Cornell. Another Of Bacher'S Early Recruits Was Richard Feynman Who Was Reportedly Feeling "Unsettled" At Cornell; Bacher Persuaded Him To Sign On At Caltech With A Sabbatical Year In Brazil In Between. Feynman Then Settled In Pasadena In 1951 For The Rest Of His Career. Now With Feynman And Robert Christy Who Had Come In 1946 Bacher Felt He Had The Two Most Outstanding Theorists From Los Alamos. Then In 1955 He Also Hired Murray Gell-Mann. Harcourt Brace & Co. hardcover

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