1930s Cinema from Royal Books, Inc.

N.p.: N.p., 1930. Vintage photo negative of singer and actor Harry Richman circa 1930s. Richman was incredibly successful in vaudeville in the 1910s and made his transition to Broadway in revues like "George White's Scandals" (1919-1939) in 1922 and "Ziegfeld Follies" (1907-1931) in 1931. His most famous film credit is in "Puttin' on the Ritz" (1930) where… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1938. Final Draft script for the 1938 film, with manuscript pencil annotations on page 2 striking two shots. Presentation copy belonging to screenwriter Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the front board. Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer of a… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1935. Draft script for an unproduced film, with a single manuscript pencil annotation of screenwriter Jerry Wald's name on the registration page. Presentation copy belonging to screenwriter Wald, with his name in gilt on the bottom of the front board. Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1939. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1939 film, showing James Stewart standing on a scale, sporting a safari costume. Mimeo snipe on the verso. One of Ben Hecht's most brilliant and underrated screenplays. A novice private eye is unjustly fingered alongside his wealthy client in a murder case. Claudette Colbert's first film… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1930. Vintage portrait photograph of actress Jane Wyman, circa 1930s. With the stamp of Central Press Association on the verso. Wyman worked as a popular contract player for Warner Brothers for over seven decades. She was best known for "Brother Rat" (1938), "The Lost Weekend" (1945), "Johnny Belinda" (1948, for which Wyman won an Academy Award),… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1939. Three vintage photographs from the 1939 film, including two vintage reference photographs and one vintage studio still photograph. The ninth and final installment in the Torchy Blane series, and the first film to feature Jane Wyman as the eponymous heroine. Blane, a wisecracking reporter at the fictitious Daily Star, returns to help her… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1939. Three photographs from the 1939 film, including two vintage studio still photographs and one vintage reference photograph. One with a printed snipe affixed to the bottom margin of the recto. Romance blooms between two rival detectives who are forced to work together to exonerate a divorcée accused of murdering her ex-husband. … Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1938. Three vintage photographs from the 1938 film, including two vintage reference photographs and one portrait photograph. One with the stamp of Dell Publishing Company to the verso, and one with the stamps of the New York Public Library Picture Collection and Reference Department / Theatre Collection to the border and verso. Based… Read more about this item

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1938. Two vintage portrait photographs from the 1938 film, one showing actors Lyda Roberti, Jane Wyman, and Joe E. Brown, and one showing Wyman and actor Alison Skipworth. It's up to a small town soda jerk to stop a group of mobsters staying at a local inn with the intention of stashing their… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1937. Vintage reference photograph from the 1937 film, showing actors Dick Powell and Jane Wyman. A young Marine from Arkansas competes in a singing contest in New York, with resulting detriment to his love life, career, and status in the Corps. Set in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Very… Read more about this item

Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1938. Three vintage reference photographs from the 1938 film. After his army buddy is murdered by spies, a machine gun inventor vows to seek revenge. Set and shot on location at the Presidio in Monterey, CA. 10 x 8 inches. Two photographs Very Good plus, with light toning, and one… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1938. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1938 film. Based on the play "Larger Than Life" by Joseph Schrank, in turn based on the short story by Norman H. Matson, about a timid linoleum company clerk whose girlfriend's overbearing mother decides it is time for the couple to marry. 10 x… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1937. Vintage reference photograph from the 1937 short film. A small town church loses its parishioners every Sunday to the local saloon, leading the pastor to institute radical changes to bring townsfolk back into the fold. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, with light wear to the left edge. … Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1933. Vintage photograph of actor Jeanette MacDonald and orchestra leader Lud Gluskin, who toured with MacDonald in 1933 throughout France and notably at the REX Theatre Hall in Paris. About 4 x 4.75 inches, unevenly trimmed. Near Fine.

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1936. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1936 film. Stamp of the New York Public Library Theatre Collection, a stamp noting a date of DEC 15 1938, and manuscript ink annotations regarding layout to the verso. Two theatre investors lose the funds for their latest production in the stock market, leading a former chorus… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1936. Collection of four vintage photographs, including two vintage studio still photographs and two vintage reference photographs, one double weight, from the 1936 film. In spite of his extreme allergy to horses, a man takes up polo to impress his horse-loving next-door neighbor. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good, with light wear… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1920. Vintage postcard-style photograph of Mexican-American actress and silent film star Lupita Tovar. With the stamp of still photographer E. Furster to the verso. Tovar was discovered in Mexico City by documentary filmmaker Robert Flaherty, and soon gained a seven-year contract with Fox Studios, moving to Hollywood in 1928 with her grandmother. She appeared in… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1938. Final script for the 1938 film. Presentation copy belonging to story writer Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the front board. Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer of a number of notable films, including "Mildred Pierce"… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1933. Final script for the 1934 pre-Code film musical, seen here under the working title "Hot Air." Presentation copy belonging to screenwriter Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the front board. INSCRIBED to Wald by actor Dick Powell: "To Jerry Wald / Thanks for letting me work in your first story / I… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1937. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1937 film, one in black-and-white and one a hand-tinted color print. One with the stamp of Consolidated Poster Service on the verso. Based on the 1934 novel, following a veteran lineman who takes a young farmer on as a "grunt," or apprentice. Set in… Read more about this item