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Kenneth Macgowan theater and film collection

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Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 246

Kenneth Macgowan theater and film collection

Schätzpreis
1.000 $ - 1.500 $
Zuschlagspreis:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Large collection of books, contracts, publicity stills, lobby cards, and a number of other pieces of miscellaneous ephemera. Kenneth Macgowan (1888-1963), American author and film producer, ran the Provincetown Playhouse along with Eugene O'Neill (1922-1924), then focused his experimental-theatre efforts at the Greenwich Village Theatre, before moving to Hollywood as a story editor for RKO, a producer for 20th Century-Fox., &c., &c. He went on to become chairman of the then-new Department of Theatre Arts at UCLA. Includes: Writings by Macgowan: 1. Macgowan, Kenneth. BEHIND THE SCREEN: The History and Techniques of the Motion Picture. NY: Delacorte Press, (1965). First Edition. 528pp w/index; 200+ illustrations from photographs, etc. Blue cloth, silver spine lettering lightly rubbed, in dust wrapper with spine crease. ¶ Completed just prior to the author's death, this book is a cinema history, a detailed study of movie-making techniques, and a description of how movie studios work. 2. Macgowan, Kenneth. FOOTLIGHTS ACROSS AMERICA: Towards a National Theater. NY: Harcourt, Brace, (1929). First Edition. pp: xviii, 398 w/index; frontispiece, 30pp of half-tone illustrations from photographs, two-page map and other line-cut illus in text. Black cloth, gilt cover lettering and picture; spine dull. ¶ Presentation copy, inscribed on front endpaper: “A joyous birthday and love / from the wife Edaie, and the author / Kenneth Macgowan” This book is dedicated to Eugene O'Neill. 3. Macgowan, Kenneth et al. HOLLYWOOD QUARTERLY, VOLUME III, Number 1, Fall 1947. Berkeley: Univ. California Press, 1947. First Edition. pp: iv, 109; 8pp of illustrations (4pp of "audiovisual music" and 4pp of 32 drawings for "Vectors," a Navy training film). This issue contains articles on: "Henry Morgan--Radio Satirist"; John Houseman, co-founder of Mercury Theater, on "Violence, 1947"; "Children's Cinema--America and Britain"; &c. Yellow wrappers, black lettering; portions of cover sunned.. 4. Macgowan, Kenneth et al. HOLLYWOOD QUARTERLY, VOLUME IV, Number 3, Spring 1950. Berkeley: Univ. California Press, 1950. First Edition. pp: iv, 218-321. This issue contains articles on: "Film in Egypt" by Egyptian director Farid El-Mazzaoui; "The Postwar French Cinema" by film-historian Georges Sadoul; an added Television section; &c. 5. Macgowan, Kenneth et al. HOLLYWOOD QUARTERLY, VOLUME IV, Number 4, Summer 1950. Berkeley: Univ. California Press, 1950. First Edition. pp: iv, 323-427. ¶ This issue contains a radio script, "The Only Good Indian" by writer-director Arnold Marquis (one of four broadcasts on American Indians and "their cause"; and articles on: "The Making of the Quiet One," a 1948 documentary on the rehabilitation of an emotionally-disturbed African-American boy in Harlem, with commentary by James Agee; "The Technique and Content of Hitler's War" by John Altmann; &c.. 6. Macgowan, Kenneth et al. HOLLYWOOD QUARTERLY, VOLUME II, Number 4, July 1947. Berkeley: Univ. California Press, 1947. First Edition. pp: iv, 327-436; 4pp of architectural plans and drawings for a "Four-Square [movie] Theater." This issue contains: Irving Pichel's review of "This Happy Breed" and "Great Expectations"; Abraham Polonsky's review of "Odd Man Out" and "Monsieur Verdoux" [both were blacklisted directors]; an article on "The Global Film" by Vsevolod Pudovkin; an article by Henry Dreyfuss on a "Four-square Theater" for projecting movies onto four walls, facing four audiences; &c. 7. Macgowan, Kenneth. "SCREEN WONDERS OF THE PAST--AND TO COME?.” Separate offprint from The Quarterly of Film, Radio, and Television, Volume XI, Number 4, Summer 1957. NY: Quarterly of Film, Radio & Television, 1957. First Edition. (13)pp, side-stitched. Interesting look at recent developments in movie technology such as stereophonic sound, Cinerama, &c.. 8. Macgowan, Kenneth. “THE COMING OF CAMERA AND PROJECTOR--Part 1.” Separate offprint from The Quarterly of Film, Radio, and Television, Volume

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 246
Auktion:
Datum:
12.07.2018
Auktionshaus:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

Large collection of books, contracts, publicity stills, lobby cards, and a number of other pieces of miscellaneous ephemera. Kenneth Macgowan (1888-1963), American author and film producer, ran the Provincetown Playhouse along with Eugene O'Neill (1922-1924), then focused his experimental-theatre efforts at the Greenwich Village Theatre, before moving to Hollywood as a story editor for RKO, a producer for 20th Century-Fox., &c., &c. He went on to become chairman of the then-new Department of Theatre Arts at UCLA. Includes: Writings by Macgowan: 1. Macgowan, Kenneth. BEHIND THE SCREEN: The History and Techniques of the Motion Picture. NY: Delacorte Press, (1965). First Edition. 528pp w/index; 200+ illustrations from photographs, etc. Blue cloth, silver spine lettering lightly rubbed, in dust wrapper with spine crease. ¶ Completed just prior to the author's death, this book is a cinema history, a detailed study of movie-making techniques, and a description of how movie studios work. 2. Macgowan, Kenneth. FOOTLIGHTS ACROSS AMERICA: Towards a National Theater. NY: Harcourt, Brace, (1929). First Edition. pp: xviii, 398 w/index; frontispiece, 30pp of half-tone illustrations from photographs, two-page map and other line-cut illus in text. Black cloth, gilt cover lettering and picture; spine dull. ¶ Presentation copy, inscribed on front endpaper: “A joyous birthday and love / from the wife Edaie, and the author / Kenneth Macgowan” This book is dedicated to Eugene O'Neill. 3. Macgowan, Kenneth et al. HOLLYWOOD QUARTERLY, VOLUME III, Number 1, Fall 1947. Berkeley: Univ. California Press, 1947. First Edition. pp: iv, 109; 8pp of illustrations (4pp of "audiovisual music" and 4pp of 32 drawings for "Vectors," a Navy training film). This issue contains articles on: "Henry Morgan--Radio Satirist"; John Houseman, co-founder of Mercury Theater, on "Violence, 1947"; "Children's Cinema--America and Britain"; &c. Yellow wrappers, black lettering; portions of cover sunned.. 4. Macgowan, Kenneth et al. HOLLYWOOD QUARTERLY, VOLUME IV, Number 3, Spring 1950. Berkeley: Univ. California Press, 1950. First Edition. pp: iv, 218-321. This issue contains articles on: "Film in Egypt" by Egyptian director Farid El-Mazzaoui; "The Postwar French Cinema" by film-historian Georges Sadoul; an added Television section; &c. 5. Macgowan, Kenneth et al. HOLLYWOOD QUARTERLY, VOLUME IV, Number 4, Summer 1950. Berkeley: Univ. California Press, 1950. First Edition. pp: iv, 323-427. ¶ This issue contains a radio script, "The Only Good Indian" by writer-director Arnold Marquis (one of four broadcasts on American Indians and "their cause"; and articles on: "The Making of the Quiet One," a 1948 documentary on the rehabilitation of an emotionally-disturbed African-American boy in Harlem, with commentary by James Agee; "The Technique and Content of Hitler's War" by John Altmann; &c.. 6. Macgowan, Kenneth et al. HOLLYWOOD QUARTERLY, VOLUME II, Number 4, July 1947. Berkeley: Univ. California Press, 1947. First Edition. pp: iv, 327-436; 4pp of architectural plans and drawings for a "Four-Square [movie] Theater." This issue contains: Irving Pichel's review of "This Happy Breed" and "Great Expectations"; Abraham Polonsky's review of "Odd Man Out" and "Monsieur Verdoux" [both were blacklisted directors]; an article on "The Global Film" by Vsevolod Pudovkin; an article by Henry Dreyfuss on a "Four-square Theater" for projecting movies onto four walls, facing four audiences; &c. 7. Macgowan, Kenneth. "SCREEN WONDERS OF THE PAST--AND TO COME?.” Separate offprint from The Quarterly of Film, Radio, and Television, Volume XI, Number 4, Summer 1957. NY: Quarterly of Film, Radio & Television, 1957. First Edition. (13)pp, side-stitched. Interesting look at recent developments in movie technology such as stereophonic sound, Cinerama, &c.. 8. Macgowan, Kenneth. “THE COMING OF CAMERA AND PROJECTOR--Part 1.” Separate offprint from The Quarterly of Film, Radio, and Television, Volume

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 246
Auktion:
Datum:
12.07.2018
Auktionshaus:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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