Walter Reuben Catalog 44 | 2019

WalterFilm.com’s third catalog (#44/2019) contains 84 pages that include vintage original photographs, posters, programs, pressbooks, lobby cards and film scripts. The categories encompassed are: Warhol, LGBTQ, Movie Musicals, African Americana, Pre-Code Hollywood, Literature, Film Directors and Women.
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The catalog’s cover (above) is graced by a in-flight image of a dancing Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth (attributed to photographer George Hurrell) from the 1942 poster of Columbia Picture’s “You Were Never Lovelier” (see below).

​CATALOG CATEGORIES

The following are the Categories included in the Catalog along with a brief description and two example pages. You can experience the actual catalog in a flip-file that will allow you to view it as though you were holding it in your hand and flipping from page to page by clicking “View Catalog.”
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We hope you enjoy exploring this remarkable collection; and, should you care to purchase a piece (assuming it hasn’t already sold), just go to the website and search for the item’s name or contact us at 323-422-1564 or email us at [email protected].

• WARHOL– Here are two of our offerings: Program for the British release of “Flesh,” delayed 3 years due to censorship –  A 1998 book store poster for the first book about Andy Warhol’s “Flesh” superstar entitled Little Joe Superstar – The Films of Joe Dallesandro
• LGBTQ – A number of photographs, posters, promotional books and a screenplay that reflect the LGBTQ community: A poster by super-hero artist, Borris Vallejo, for the New St. Marks Baths – A 1927 photograph of Karyl Norman (stage name for Frances Peduzzi) a transgendered performer (then referred to as a female impersonator), popular in vaudeville and night clubs under the moniker “the Creole Fashion Plate”
• MOVIE MUSICALS – Eight offerings including: The final draft of the screenplay for the movie version of “Gypsy” and the fourth draft of “Grease” – A wonderful 1942 poster from Columbia Pictures’ Jerome Kern / Johnny Mercer musical “You Were Never Lovelier” starring Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth (our cover art)
• AFRICAN AMERICANA – This collection consists of film scripts, photographs and posters of musicians, actors and Broadway shows such as: A 1939 poster for a rare Black-cast independent western film starring Herbert Jeffrey entitle “Harlem Rides The Range” – A poster for the 1964 Broadway production of The Actor’s Studio presentation of James Baldwin’s “Blues For Mr. Charley”
• PRE-CODE HOLLYWOOD – The earliest talking films were sexually very open, with strong female characters until a censorship code was implemented in mid-1934. Examples are: Film script and poster for Johnny Weissmuller’s “Tarzan And His Mate” – Lobby cards for the 1933 MGM films “Penthouse” and “Hold Your Man”
• LITERATURE  – This category is filled with film scripts, lobby cards, posters and photographs whose origin came from books, short stories and plays. Included are: “The Martian Chronicles” – three printed wrappers and film scripts for the three-part mini series based on Ray Bradbury’s  short stories – The 1984 poster for the Broadway production of David Mamet’s play “Glengary Glen Ross”
• DIRECTORS – Here are the film directors whose work is represented: Fritz Lang, Josef Von Sternberg, Alfred Hitchcock, Michael Curtiz, Jack Arnold, Jean-Luc Godard, John Waters, Werner Hertzog, Ingmar Bergman, Mel Brooks, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Brian De Palma, Oliver Stone. Two examples are: The 1934 Paramount poster for Josef Von Sternberg’s penultimate film with Marlene Dietrich as “The Scarlet Empress” – “Indiana Jones And The Temple of Doom,” marked copy No. 00059, dated 3/1/83 of the script for the Steven Spielberg film
• WOMEN – Vintage photographs, press book, and film scripts of and by women that include Katharine Hepburn . Ann Rand, Ruth Gordon, Lina Wertmuller poster archive, Shirley Jackson, Amy Heckerling, and Penny Marshall – Two examples are: A rare, 1945 Paramount Pictures press book for Ayn Rand’s screenplay, “Love Letters” – The 1966 poster for the Hugh Wheeler adaption of Shirley Jackson’s most famous work, “We Have Always Lived In The Castle”

Blog is originally published at: https://www.walterfilm.com/walter-reuben-catalog-442019/
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It is republished with permission from the author.