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1954362771Chicago: Hillman Periodicals / Alex L. Hillman 1954. Softcover. Near Fine. Magazine. 162pp. Pictorial wrappers. The last few pages and rear wrapper's top corners creased and offsetting along edges of front wrap else near fine. This issue includes the eight-page photo essay "Marilyn in Manhattan" by photographed Gary Winogrand. In addition to sexy shots of Marilyn in her slip there is a double-page spread showing four photographs from her iconic scene in The Seven Year Itch of her holding down her white dress as a subway up-draft blows it above her knees. With the film's release the following year these are some of the earliest images from that legendary scene. Hillman Periodicals / Alex L. Hillman unknown books
196016858EUnited Artists 1960. 10†x 8 1/8â€. The photograph shows Marilyn Monroe Arthur Miller and John Huston on the set of their film The Misfits directed by Huston from a screenplay by Miller and which starred Marilyn Monroe Clark Gable in his last film performance Montgomery Clift Thelma Ritter and Eli Wallach. In the photo Huston Monroe and Miller left to right are sitting next to one another on canvas director’s chairs engaged in conversation. Miss Monroe is wearing a terry cloth robe and has the script open on her lap. The Misfits is a complex drama that was the last film for it’s two lead actors Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable which explores the relationship between a fragile divorcee Monroe and a brooding cowboy past his prime Gable. When this photograph was taken Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe were married with their divorce coming the following year - January 1961. United Artists hardcover books
1992229194New York Warner Books 1992. 1992. First edition first printing so stated; "April 1992". 8vo. 29 b/w illustrations from photographs. Pictorial dust jacket designed by Kathy Saksa unclipped. Fine. 282 pages. No other signatures or bookplates. Boldly signed on the title page by Susan Strasberg with sticker on the front jacket that reads: "Signed by Book Soup." With a full page presentation inscription by Strasberg on the half title page: "Dear . . . I wish you all you wish yourself and more - may wonderful things happen and may you enjoy love & light. Susan Strasberg May 17 1995 Los Angeles Calif. P.S. next book I'm turning over a new leaf! S.E.S." Strasberg 1938-1999 actress; daughter of Lee Strasberg and long time friend of Marilyn Monroe. Inscribed by Authors. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. [New York] Warner Books [1992]. hardcover books
1945142818Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1945. Collection of nice vintage concept art sketches for advertisements or posters for the 1945 film. Pencil and marker on tracing paper. <br/><br/>The sixteenth and penultimate "Dr. Kildare" film the and the last of four films featuring Van Johnson as Dr. Randall "Red" Adams and the fifth of six films focusing on Lionel Barrymore's Dr. Gillespie after Dr. Kildare actor Lew Ayres was fired by MGM for declaring himself a conscientious objector when drafted during World War II. <br/><br/>About Near Fine. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
2001CNJL2226New Haven: Yale University Press 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Two volumes covering 650 CE to 1250 CE quarto size 723 pp. second volume in slipcase. The symmetry and beauty of Islamic art and architecture has been admired for centuries; these two volumes while published separately are being offered as a set. It does not appear as though the Press has at least not yet published a third volume so as of this date these two volumes constitute a complete set. <br/><br/>Published by the Yale University Press with their attention to quality and detail the first volume 650 to 1250 is first edition by the Yale University Press the first printing published in 2001; the second volume 1250 to 1800 is the first printing of the 1995 corrected edition first published in 1994. Both volumes out of print in hardcover per the web site of the Press.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: First volume 650 to 1250 bound in full blue cloth over boards gilt lettering publisher's device and ruled border on the spine blue endpapers illustrated double-spread title page volume replete with illustrations both coloured and black and white maps and diagrams on almost every page; quarto size 11 1/2" by 8 3/4" pagination: i-vii viii-xiv 1-3 4-345. Pictorial dust jacket is not clipped although without a printed price with summary of the book on the front flap and author bios on the back flap. Second volume 1250 to 1800 bound in full black cloth over boards gilt lettering publisher's device and ruled border on the spine green endpapers illustrated double-spread title page and as with the first volume the second volume is replete with illustrations both coloured and black and white maps and diagrams on almost every page; quarto size 11 1/2" by 8 3/4" pagination: i-v vi-xvi 1 2-348. Pictorial dust jacket is not clipped again without a printed price with summary of the book on the front flap and author bios on the back flap. The second volume only in the publisher's thin white cardstock slipcase. <br/><br/>___CONDITION: Volumes are both fine with clean boards straight corners without rubbing strong square text blocks with solid hinges the interiors are clean and bright and both volumes are entirely free of prior owner markings; clean crisp as new. The unclipped dust jackets also fine clean the colours bright without any wear; the slipcase encasing the second volume near fine sturdy and complete without tears but with a few spots with very light soil and light wear. <br/><br/>___POSTAGE: Please note that these lovely books are unusually heavy and therefore additional postage will apply; please inquire for details. <br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Yale University Press hardcover books
31896Five photographs:<br/>- From Simon Boccanegra 1957. 122 x 91 mm. Colour glossy. <br/>- From Handel's Ezio 1958. 121 x 89 mm. Colour glossy.<br/>- From Handel's Ezio 1958. 138 x 90 mm. Black and white semi-glossy postcard.<br/>- From Wozzeck 1960. 138 x 90 mm. Black and white semi-glossy postcard.<br/>- From La Bohème 1960. 240 x 175 mm. Black and white glossy.<br/><br/>All identified on verso in Horne's hand.<br/><br/>From the collection of the distinguished American mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne b. 1934.<br/><br/>Slightly worn. After being invited by Igor Stravinsky to perform at the 1956 Venice Festival Horne remained in Europe performing for three seasons with the Gelsenkirchen Opera. This small city in Germany's industrial west significantly raised its artistic profile with the opening of the modernist Musiktheater im Revier in 1959. <br/><br/>"Horne had a voice of extraordinary range rich and tangy in timbre with a stentorian chest register and an exciting top. In concert she once achieved the feat of singing in a single programme Rossini arias and Brünnhilde's Immolation Scene proof of her exceptional versatility. Throughout her lengthy career she was an admired recitalist singing lieder mélodies Spanish and American songs with equal aplomb." Alan Blyth in Grove Music Online. unknown books
002291Very Good. N.d. circa 1940. 9 page story. The story is told in quasi-black dialect and there is probably a racist dimension to the story involving a black family although the author may not have had an invidious intent at the time. While the illustrations are a bit crude and possibly deliberately so the author does have a comedic spark notwithstanding the offense someone might take to it. Certainly an interesting relic from an era when there were no inhibitions with regard to stereotyping. <br /><br /> books
2008123271New Brunswick NJ: Zimmerli Art Museum 2008. Softbound. VG. Color glossy illustrated wraps. 131 pp. profusely illustrated with 65 color plates. Since Andy Warhol's Campbell Soup can images first appeared in the 1960s Pop Art has remained a pervasive force in contemporary art. Numerous artists have created bold colorful pictures inspired by every day reality and the American Dream: advertising comics food mass-produced consumer goods the media political turmoil and sexy nudes. Pop artists revolutionized printmaking by incorporating photography and commercial processes. Ranging from humorous to arrestingly serious or ordinary to glamorous this exhibition of sixty prints explores the interaction of popular culture and printmaking across four decades. The artists represented in this exhibition include: Jim Dine Red Grooms Jasper Johns Robert Indiana Roy Lichtenstein Claes Oldenburg Eduardo Paolozzi Mel Ramos Robert Rauschenberg Larry Rivers James Rosenquist Andy Warhol and Tom Wesselmann. Selected primarily from the collection of the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers the exhibition also features a special loan from the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation. Zimmerli Art Museum paperback books
1966171031213New York Printed in Verona: The Limited Editions Club Printed at Stamperia Valdonega 1966. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Kredel Fritz; Vasari Giorgio. No. 351 of 1500 quarto size 750 pp. signed by book designer Giovanni Mardersteig with Monthly LEC Newsletter. Giorgio Vasari 1511-1574 was an Italian painter architect writer and historian most famous today for his "Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects" which is considered the ideological foundation of art-historical writing. Giovanni Mardersteig was a publisher printer typographer and historian who founded the Officina Bodoni a hand-press in 1922. The Officina Bodoni is known for printing books of the very highest quality and the finest craftsmanship n. b. info from Wikipedia. <br/><br/>This publication with illustrations by Fritz Kredel 1900-1973 who studied under Rudolf Koch and became one of the twentieth century's best-known illustrators. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Two volumes bound in full reddish-brown buckram with gilt decoration on covers and gold and black stamped label on spines top edges stained tan title pages in red and black illustrated with full-colour reproductions and with woodcut portraits of the artists by Giorgio Vasari and Fritz Kredel reproduced from the original 1568 edition - five of which were lacking in all early editions and have been cut in wood for this edition by Kredel designed by Dr. Giovanni Mardersteig; set in monotype Bembo on off-white wove paper with Vasari watermark pagination of volume one: i-xviii 1-326 Notes 327-341 blank 342 Glossary 343-344; pagination of volume two: 1 - 374 Notes 375 - 383 blank 384 Glossary 385 - 386 blank 387 colophon 388; quarto size 11.5" by signed by book designer Giovanni Mardersteig Limited Edition no. 351 of 1500; light-grey paper dust jacket with black lettering on the spine. Monthly LEC Newsletter laid in; slipcase is covered in marbled paper with cream linen with black lettering on the spine with black pull-out ribbon.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: Books and dust jackets are in fine condition the bindings clean and unrubbed strong square text blocks with solid hinges the interiors are clean and bright and the volumes are entirely free of prior owner markings; clean crisp as new. The dust jackets also fine clean and without wear; the Monthly Newsletter clean free of wear with original folds and a light shallow crease or two. The slipcase is in near fine condition strong and sturdy with very light overall rubbing the label slightly soiled with a light old dampstain.<br/><br/>___CITATION: LEC no. 389. <br/><br/>___POSTAGE: Due to the weight of this set additional postage will apply; we are happy to ship at cost for both domestic and international customers please contact us for more details.<br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. The Limited Editions Club, Printed at Stamperia Valdonega hardcover books
20069026039London: Helly Nahmad Gallery 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Picasso. Fine condition in fine slipcase shrinkwrapped - as new. <br/><br/> Helly Nahmad Gallery hardcover books
1959134256Los Angeles: Pad-Ram Enterprises 1959. A collection of 8 vintage still photographs from the 1959 film. Included are 4 stills from the US release and 4 stills from the UK release under the title "Mr. Teas and His Playthings." From a cursory glance one can immediately see the differences with regard to nudity paid by both US and UK publicists the UK stills decidedly more liberal with regard to the "forbidden flesh."<br/><br/>The US stills were taken directly from scenes of the film and the UK stills appear to be from either a deleted scene or a mock setup designed for foreign publicity with Mr. Teas seen in a bathhouse with the "Buxom Bath House Beauties" Baby Dahl Chicky Fricase Frenchie Tost Teri Clawthe that were not seen in the final cut. The UK stills purport "Monstrous Murder!" and "Sizzling Suspense!" taglines however the final cut features neither murder nor suspense. <br/><br/>The story finds the shy Mr. Teas played by William Ellis Teas a door-to-door dental appliance salesman who has a chemical reaction with an anesthetic that allows him to have X-ray vision as in "seeing through women's clothes." He also overcomes all of his inhibitions leading to ribald encounters with his dental nurse his therapist his secretary a girl in a bar etc. <br/><br/>Russ Meyer's first feature produced by Pad-Ram Enterprises a monogram using the initials of director Russell Albion Meyer and producer Peter A. DeCenzie and the film that basically launched the lighthearted "nudie" pictures of the early 1960s. The film was immediately touted as "ribald" and "Frenchy" with regard to the "genuinely sexy sequences with generous expanses of attractive flesh" that used to be seen strictly in foreign films. At a time when Hollywood moguls were losing audiences to the comfort of in-home cinema through television Meyer and DeCenzie who spent years on the burlesque and night club circuits released an independent naturally sexy endeavor in the tradition of the great Chaplin films. The bigger productions companies would never have made a film as far overboard on sex. <br/><br/>For his debut Russ Meyer did even more of the crew work than usual shooting in four days during the spring of 1958 with a budget of $24000 ultimately making over $1.5 million worldwide. The film was marketed as a "nudist" film with a "French" sensibility but exhibited all the distinctive traits for which Meyer would soon become known including large bosoms insane plots a somewhat feminist perspective campy dialogue and guerilla cinematography. <br/><br/>Shot on location in various California destinations including Malibu Lagoon State Beach. Meyer even shot various scenes at his beach-front home in Los Angeles. <br/><br/>All stills 8 x 10 inches some differ slightly in size. Two US stills Very Good plus others Near Fine. UK stills Near Fine. Pad-Ram Enterprises unknown books
1961134255Los Angeles: Pad-Ram Enterprises 1961. Original pressbooks two variants for 1961 re-releases of the 1959 film. Featured are the two most commonly seen layouts used for publicity: the full-color illustrated "hat" variant and the other with Mr. Teas surrounded by a bevy of well-developed women the female leads of the film from left to right: Ann Peters Michele Roberts Dawn Danielle and Marilyn Wesley. <br/><br/>The story finds the shy Mr. Teas played by William Ellis Teas a door-to-door dental appliance salesman who has a chemical reaction with an anesthetic that allows him to have X-ray vision as in "seeing through women's clothes." He also overcomes all of his inhibitions leading to ribald encounters with his dental nurse his therapist his secretary a girl in a bar etc. <br/><br/>Russ Meyer's first feature produced by Pad-Ram Enterprises a monogram using the initials of director Russell Albion Meyer and producer Peter A. DeCenzie and the film that basically launched the lighthearted "nudie" pictures of the early 1960s. The film was immediately touted as "ribald" and "Frenchy" with regard to the "genuinely sexy sequences with generous expanses of attractive flesh" that used to be seen strictly in foreign films. At a time when Hollywood moguls were losing audiences to the comfort of in-home cinema through television Meyer and DeCenzie who spent years on the burlesque and night club circuits released an independent naturally sexy endeavor in the tradition of the great Chaplin films. The bigger productions companies would never have made a film as far overboard on sex. <br/><br/>For his debut Russ Meyer did even more of the crew work than usual shooting in four days during the spring of 1958 with a budget of $24000 ultimately making over $1.5 million worldwide. The film was marketed as a "nudist" film with a "French" sensibility but exhibited all the distinctive traits for which Meyer would soon become known including large bosoms insane plots a somewhat feminist perspective campy dialogue and guerilla cinematography. <br/><br/>Shot on location in various California destinations including Malibu Lagoon State Beach. Meyer even shot various scenes at his beach-front home in Los Angeles. <br/><br/>Both pressbooks 11 x 17 inches folded horizontally. "Hat" variant includes a 9 x 12 ad mat dated "Fri. Aug. 18 1961." Light rubbing overall rubber stamps from "Sack Amusement Enterprises" in Dallas Texas and a few light creases and tiny closed tears else Near Fine. Pad-Ram Enterprises unknown books
1988149439Neuilly-sur-Seine France: Gaumont 1988. Collection of seven vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1988 French film. All with mimeo snipes and holograph ink and pencil annotations regarding layout on the verso and two with collector labels.<br/><br/>A dramatization of the career of talented lesser-known sculptor Camille Claudel who began as an apprentice to Auguste Rodin later became his muse and lover and struggled to differentiate herself and her work from his legacy.<br/><br/>9.5 x 6.25 inches. Near Fine.<br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. Gaumont unknown books
1962144369Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1962. Vintage photograph of Marilyn Monroe and director George Cukor between takes on the set of the 1962 film. With holograph annotations in ink and holograph annotations regarding layout in pencil white-out and a rubber stamp of actor Joe Van Cottom on the verso. <br/><br/>A remake of the 1940 comedy "My Favorite Wife" starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant. Monroe struggled with sickness and addiction during the film's production and was asked to leave in June of 1962 just two months before her tragic death. The following year Twentieth-Century Fox produced another remake starring Doris Day. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1961149755Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1961. Vintage studio still photograph from the set of the 1961 film showing director John Huston riding a tire while actor Eli Wallach looks on. With a provenance stamp on the verso. <br/><br/>The final completed film for actors Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe before their deaths. Notoriously a trying endeavor for both Monroe who was struggling with a drug addiction and pending divorce from Arthur Miller and would often fail to show up to the set and for director John Huston who would drink and occasionally fall asleep while filming. Gable performed all of his own stunts then suffered a heart attack only two days after filming ended and died ten days later. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Dayton Nevada.<br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1960150477Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1960. Vintage black and white publicity photograph from the 1960 film showing actress Marilyn Monroe laughing as Gene Kelly shows Yves Montand a dance move. With a Twentieth Century-Fox stamp on the verso. <br/><br/>A billionaire Montand poses as an actor in order to gain a part in an off-Broadway musical revue hoping to romance the show's beautiful leading lady Monroe. In an attempt to impress her the billionaire hires Milton Berle Gene Kelly and Bing Crosby playing themselves to teach him how to deliver jokes dance and sing respectively. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Rosenbaum 1000. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1961149748Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1961. Vintage reference photograph from the 1961 film showing actors Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe outside a Dayton bar holding a hatful of collected cash bets to pay Montgomery Clift's rodeo fee. With the stamp of Les Artistes Associes on the verso along with a stamp of a large capital "S." <br/><br/>The final completed film for Gable and Monroe before their deaths. Notoriously a trying endeavor for the actress who was struggling with her drug problem and pending divorce from Arthur Miller and would often fail to show up to the set and for director John Huston who would drink and occasionally fall asleep while filming. Gable performed all of his own stunts then suffered a heart attack only two days after filming ended and died ten days later. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Dayton Nevada.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
19732222202<p>October 21 1973. First edition. Octavo. Illustrated auction catalogue. Original stiff print wrappers. No dust jacket. Fine. 78 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>Lots 303 - 332 all related to Marilyn Monroe.</p><p>Among the items are:</p><p>1. High school memorabilia.</p><p>2. Early fan letters.</p><p>3. Grace Goddard diary.</p><p>4. 1941 Emerson Junior High School graduation program.</p><p>5. A dress</p><p>6. MGM December 8 1949 contract.</p><p>7. 20th Century Fox April 11 1951 16 page contract.</p><p>8. Her Glee Club sweater patch.</p><p>9. Her 1942 Van Nuys High School student ID card.</p><p>The first of what would be many later auctions of Marilyn's personal and family items.</p> Sotheby Parke Bernet paperback books
197316162ELos Angeles: Mtero-Goldwyn-Mayer 1973. Original 107 page shooting script with color rewrite pages for the film The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing directed by Richard C. Sarafian starring Burt Reynolds Sarah Miles Lee J. Cobb Jack Warden and George Hamilton. The screenplay is dated January 17 1973. Bradbound in printed studio wrappers. Near fine lightly used copy. A Western film about a strong-willed woman Miles who leaves her husband Hamilton to take up with a band of outlaws. Mtero-Goldwyn-Mayer unknown books
1975149362Austin Texas: Vortex 1975. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1974 film showing director Tobe Hooper coaching actress Marilyn Burns in between shots with cinematographer Daniel Pearl adjusting the camera in the background. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. <br/><br/>Loosely based on the crimes of serial murderer and body snatcher Ed Gein. Shot on a shoestring budget with the cast mostly composed of unknown Texan actors Tobe Hooper's second feature film courted controversy upon release for its grisly violence and critical view of US politics and is now rightfully considered a slasher cult classic.<br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Round Rock Watterson Austin and San Marcos Texas.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.<br/><br/>Thrower Nightmare USA. Vortex unknown books
1977149717N.p.: N.p. 1977. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1977 Canadian film showing actress Marilyn Chambers. <br/><br/>David Cronenberg's fourth feature continuing his meditation on horrific transformations of the human body. The film follows a woman who after being injured in a motorcycle accident and undergoing experimental surgery develops an orifice under one of her armpits. The orifice hides a phallic stinger that she uses to feed on people's blood. Her victims become rabid zombies whose bite spreads the disease leading to a murderous citywide pandemic. <br/><br/>Set and shot on location in Toronto.<br/><br/>9.5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1968146889N.p.: Continental 1968. Collection of eight vintage studio still photographs from the 1968 film. <br/><br/>One of the earliest scariest and most influential zombie films shot in black-and-white featuring an African-American lead actor and shot on location throughout Pennsylvania including the basement of the Latent Image company in Pittsburgh. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request.<br/><br/>Lentz US. Continental unknown books
1980141949Santa Monica: Pendragon Film 1980. Draft script for the 1981 film "Kiss Daddy Goodbye" seen here under the alternate title "Caution Children at Play." Copy belonging to costume designer David Chierichetti with his name blue ink to the front wrapper and his holograph annotations throughout. <br/><br/>Two telekinetic children avenge their death of their father a professor of the occult who was killed by a gang of renegade bikers. Director Patrick Regan cast his own children for the leading roles. <br/><br/>Set in California. <br/><br/>Orange titled wrappers. Title page present rubber stamped copy No. 024 with credits for screenwriters Alain Silver Patrick Regan Ron Abrams and Mary Stewart. 96 leaves with last page of text numbered 94. Xerographic duplication first generation copy with no copied punch holes on yellow stock. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Pendragon Film unknown books
199522116ELondon: HarperCollins 1995. First Edition. Signed by the author Colin Clark. Illustrated. The diaries of Colin Clark a young man who worked on the troubled set of the film The Prince and the Showgirl and had a first-hand view of the conflicts between Marilyn Monroe Sir Laurence Olivier Vivien Leigh Arthur Miller and Paula Strasberg. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with just a hint of aging. Mr. Clark later went on to become the personal assistant to Sir Laurence Olivier a theatrical stage manager and a documentary film director. This book is the basis of the 2011 film Marilyn directed by Simon Curtis starring Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe Eddie Redmayne as Colin Clark Julia Ormond as Vivien Leigh and Kenneth Branagh as Sir Laurence Olivier. HarperCollins unknown books
195515973JNew York: Hollywood Dreamgirl 1955. First Edition. An original issue of ‘Hollywood Dreamgirl’ magazine No. 1 featuring in-depth articles on James Dean ‘Actor Turns Photographer’ illustrated with four pages of black & white photographs taken by Dean of actress Pier Angeli and an article on Marilyn Monroe ‘Three Encounters with a Love Goddess’ story and photographs by Philippe Halsman. Lightly used copy with a touch of dust soiling and with a few short marginal tears. The article on James Dean refers to his work in Elia Kazan’s classic adaptation of John Steinbeck’s novel ‘East of Eden’ and notes that while on the set of the film he seized a camera from the still photographer’s gear case and began taking photographs of Pier Angeli who was visiting the set. The editors of ‘Hollywood Dreamgirl’ were so impressed by the results that they chose to print them in this issue. At the time Dean was involved in a romantic relationship with Miss Angeli whom he met while she was shooting ‘The Silver Chalice’ on an adjoining Warner lot. Tragically Dean died in a car accident near Cholame California on September 30 1955. He received a posthumous Oscar nomination for Best Actor for his role as Cal Trask in ‘East of Eden’ the first of two he would receive in this manner the second being for his work as Jett Rink in ‘Giant.’ Dean had an interest in photography and these striking and accomplished images of Angeli are the only James Dean photographs published in his lifetime. The article on Marilyn Monroe runs for 13 pages and includes text and black & white photographs by the great portrait photographer Philippe Halsman whose photographs of Monroe are some of the most iconic of her career including the terrific cover color photo on the November 9 1959 issue of ‘Life’ magazine of the lovely actress in which she is laughing and jumping while wearing a sexy backless black dress. In this ‘Hollywood Dreamgirl’ article there are many views of Marilyn Monroe depicting her emotional range as an actress her great beauty and allure and a wonderful pair of photographs of her ‘walking with a wiggle’ taken by Halsman on Sunset Boulevard before she was famous showing her dressed in a modest knee length skirt and white blouse taken from behind with one shot of her looking back over her shoulder. At the time of this article Miss Monroe was promoting her work in Billy Wilder’s classic comedy film ‘The Seven Year Itch.’ Halsman’s text is rich in detail and personal memories of his work with Monroe. The front cover black & white photographic portrait of Grace Kelly is also by Philippe Halsman. Other actresses appearing in this issue include Doris Day Ann Francis Zsa Zsa Gabor Mitzi Gaynor Audrey Hepburn Susan Hayward Janet Leigh Dorothy Malone Jayne Mansfield Sheree North Kim Novak Jane Powell Jane Russell Susan Strasberg Mamie Van Doren Esther Williams etc. Hollywood Dreamgirl unknown books
