JAMES CAMNER AUTOGRAPHS 10736 Jefferson Blvd. #525 Culver City, CA 90230 Phone: (609) 516-8529 jcamner@gmail.com www.camnerautographs.com

HOLIDAY LIST 2017 AUTOGRAPHS, PHOTOGRAPHS, PRINTED MUSIC:

Popular and Classical

Autographs: MUSIC, THEATER, CINEMA

2. Béla Bartók Christmas Card

1. ARMSTRONG, Louis. 1p DS, October 9, 1951. A contract with MGM to provide “any and all music, lyrics, arrangements and adaptations owned or controlled by you…”………………………………………………$85.00

2. BARTÓK, Béla. Lovely Christmas postcard addressed by him to Adila Arányi “Boldog karácsonyt”, 1902. Arányi, the great violinist, was the love of Bartók’s life………………………………………………..$1500.00

3. BERLIN, Irving. 2pp DS, May 5, 1941. A signed consent agreement with

Loew’s Inc. to allow his name to be used in “Babes on Broadway” in a song by Harburg and Lane, “Anything Can Happen in New York”. Amusing lyrics!: “”Once Mr. Woolworth didn’t have a dime, And Irving Berlin didn’t have a Rhyme…Rockefeller didn’t have that oil…and Ziegfeld didn’t have a goil…”, etc., etc…………………………….$385.00

4. CASH, Johnny and June Carter. Delightful pair of 4x6 postcard photos, each taken by the other, boldly signed by the country music legends. Scarce and desirable examples……………………………….$385.00

5. ELLINGTON, Duke. 1p DS, October 1, 1942, a contract with Robbins Music Corporation to use “Going Up” in “Cabin in the Sky”……..$350.00

6. ELLINGTON, Duke. Terrific 8x10 photo signed “To Jeanne, good luck Duke,” c.1940. Right edge stain, creases on the left corners...$150.00

7. FOX, Julian. Spectacular and rare 8x10 signed photo of the female impersonator posed with his violin, 1928…………………..$150.00

8. GERSHWIN, George and Ira, and DUKE, Vernon. Remarkable framed ensemble by Ira Gershwin, created for a benefit sale for the Museum of the City of New York, 1967. The occasion was the publication of “Hi-Ho!, a 1936 song by George and Ira, in a special limited edition which includes a facsimile of the manuscript and is signed by Ira on the limitation page. 25 of these were accompanied by a check made out and signed by George Gershwin, each check chosen for its special significance: in this case, written in 1932 to Vernon Duke who endorsed it on the verso. Ira framed this with the Hirschfeld cover folio illustration; the signed limited folio printed song (edition #14) accompanies it. The overall size of the frame is 14x19……………………..……$2500.00

9. GERSHWIN, Ira. 1p DS, February 10, 1941. A signed consent agreement with Loew’s Inc. to allow his name to be used in dialogue in the photoplay “Lady Be Good”……………………………………..$125.00

10. HAGGARD, Merle. Rare youthful 8x10 photo signed “Hag”….$150.00

11. HANSHAW, Annette. Scarce 5x7 photo of the famed vocalist, 1930s. Only the second authentic SP we’ve seen of her!....................$85.00

12. HUTTON, Betty. Gorgeous youthful 8x10 SP, 1938………………$50.00

13. KERN, Jerome. 1p DS, 1941. Consent agreement with Loew’s Inc.

allowing them to use his name in dialogue in “Lady Be Good”…$400.00

14. LANGFORD, Frances. Lovely 5x7 SP, 1936……..……………..$85.00

15. MC HUGH, Jimmy. 1p DS, April 25, 1947. A copyright agreement with the Song Writers’ Protective Association for his song “It’s A Most Unusual Day”. Also signed by lyricist Harold ADAMSON……….$75.00

16. LUBITSCH, Ernst. 1p DS, December 11, 1939, an agreement with MGM to use his name for a screen credit for “The Shop Around The Corner”. Released in 1940, and a perennial Holiday classic, “The Shop Around The Corner” remains, along with “Ninotchka”, Lubitsch’s best remembered and loved film.……………………………………….$550.00

17. MANTELL, R. B. Original c.1885 8x11 presentation cabinet photo as Othello, boldly signed. Slight soil, minor edge chips, mostly fine…$25.00

18. RILEY, Jeannie C. 8x10 color SP of the great Country Western vocalist, remembered for 1968’s “Harper Valley PTA”……….……………..$35.00

19. STAFFORD, Jo. Album page signed, 1940s………………………$25.00 20. TAYLOR, Laurette. 6½ x 8½ photo inscribed “To Antonio Moreno,

Laurette Taylor”, 1920s. Moreno was a famous movie star who at one time was a major rival of Rudolph Valentino, and who had a long and successful career. Writing is slightly light………………………….$150.00

21. TILTON, Martha. Gorgeous sexy 8x10 signed photo of the great, big

band/swing singer who had the looks to be a pinup girl………..$75.00

Printed Music: POPULAR & CLASSICAL

22. ARUNDALE, Claude: Cursory Versery. [c.1890s] Large folio sheet music, 5pp with extra lyrics on the inside back cover for this hilarious, trick patter song popularized by Julie Mackay, pictured on the cover. “If it’s worse worse worse worse worse-ery, Then you curse curse curse, curse curse-ery. And reflect that in the spring, You must add another wing, To the nurse nurse nurse nurse nursery”. Very fine condition…….…………………………….$40.00

23. BEETHOVEN, L van: Adelaide. Bonn, Simrock. [1803]. 11pp, engraved oblong folio. PN 373. Lower pages torn, with some restoration, pages loose, still a desirable early lifetime edition of Beethoven’s most beloved song, among the biggest commercial hits of his lifetime, rarely equaled for income production…..$150.00

24. BERLIN, Irving: How Do You Do It Mabel On Twenty Dollars A Week. 1911. 5pp. Large format. Gorgeous cover by Gene Buck. This risqué song about a naïve fiancée asking his showgirl love how she manages to live luxuriously on a mere twenty dollars a week is one of Berlin’s rarer titles. Fine………….……….$85.00

25. CARROLL, Earl. What Happened to Mary. 1912. 5pp. Splendid cover by Charles Dana Gibson. Large format. Inner page slightly frayed, cover very fine. This is regarded as a high point in American sheet music art…………………………………..……………..$55.00

26. CHAPLIN: Sing A Song. 1925. 5pp. This scarce song from Chaplin’s masterpiece “The Gold Rush” was published by Irving Berlin. Fine…………………………………………………….$30.00

27. CHEVALIER, Albert. The Great Man of Wardle, a Musical Monologue. London [c.1910]. Large format, very fine……….$25.00

28. COSLOW, Sam. You Little So-And-So. 1932. 5pp. Rare sheet music from Dietrich’s pre-code turn in “Blonde Venus”…….$35.00

29. GERSHWIN, George. Somebody Loves Me. [1924] 5pp. First edition of one of Gershwin’s iconic songs. Slight wear……$35.00

30. GERSHWIN: George. An American In Paris. 1929. 35pp. First edition, earliest issue of the piano solo score. Fine…$250.00

31. GILBERT, Jean. The Cinema Star Valse. 1913. 9pp. Gorgeous cover celebrating the movies which were then a novelty…..$65.00

32. GILBERT, Jean. The Joy-Ride Lady Waltz on Melodies From The Musical Farce. 1912. 7pp. Gorgeous cover on this large format score from the Berlin musical comedy hit. Superb….$35.00

33. HIRSCH, Louis. That’s As Far As You Can Go. 1908. 5pp. Marvelous interpolated song in “Eddie Foy in Mr. Hamlet of Broadway”. Owner signature. Slight wear…………………….$30.00

34. JUDGE: It’s A Long, Long Way To Tipperary. 1912. 5pp. Superb large format score and cover. Slight wear…………………….$25.00

35. REBER, Carl. A Showman’s Life. 5pp. Large format….….$30.00

36. RUBENS, Paul: Graceful Dance as Played in Twelfth Night. 1901. 7pp. Large format. Superb…………………………….$25.00

37. SIRMAY, Albert. The Girl on the Film Valse. 1913. 9pp. Gorgeous score and cover……………………………………………….$50.00

38. SOUSA. John Philip: The Manhattan Beach (March). [1893]. Scarce British edition, pub. by Chas. Sheard. Some soiling...$45.00

Photographs: UNSIGNED PHOTOS

39. ASTAIRE, Fred. Delightful 8x10 photo showing him playing footsie with leggy chorus girls in “Flying Down To Rio”, 1933…..$50.00

40. BERKELEY, Busby; CANTOR, Eddie; HARKRIDER, John W.; BALL, Lucille. Marvelous 8x10 photo showing Berkeley rehearsing the Goldwyn Girls for “Roman Scandals” in 1933. The girl on the right in front of Eddie Cantor is Lucille Ball. On the left of the photo is John Harkrider, the great designer who is best remembered for “Show Boat”……………………………………………….…….$75.00

41. CAGNEY, James. 8x10 photo in “The Irish In Us”, 1935….$35.00

42. CASE, Anna. Unusual 8x10 photo of the prima donna in a swimsuit at Palm Beach in 1919. Rare operatic cheesecake!..........$40.00

43. [CIRCUS]. 6½ x 8½ photo, c1910, of an equestrian circus act in San Francisco…………………………………………………$35.00

44. CONNERY, Sean and AUGER, Claudine. Scarce original 8x10 photo in “Thunderball”, 1965………………………………….$45.00

45. COOPER, Gary. Marvelous original 8x10 photo, c.1930….$75.00

46. DELROY, Irene. Gorgeous risqué 8x10 Vitaphone photo of the beautiful musical theater star of “Top Speed”, “Follow Thru” and several editions of the “Greenwich Village Follies”…………$40.00

47. [DISNEY] “Song of the South” (1946) Rare vintage original 7x9 photo showing Brer Rabbit and the Tar Baby………………$35.00

48. [DISNEY] “Make Mine Music” (1946) Delightful original 7x9 photo showing Willie in “The Whale Who Wanted To Sing At The Met”, the sequence for which Nelson Eddie provided the singing. Very fine with staining from the snipe on the verso………………$45.00

49. [DISNEY] “Fun and Fancy Free” (1947) Rare color 8x10 still photo showing Mickey Mouse and the Giant in the “Mickey and the Beanstalk” sequence. Fine with one crease on the right……$65.00

50. [DISNEY] “Lady and the Tramp” (1955). Charming 8x10 photo showing the iconic “Bella Notte” scene………………………..$35.00

51. [DISNEY] “One Hundred and One Dalmatians” (1961). Marvelous 8x10 photo of the scene showing the Dalmatians watching TV. Very fine………………………………………………………….$30.00

52. DUNNE, Irene and WOODS, Donald. Rare 7½ x 9½ photo in the film of Jerome Kern’s “Sweet Adeline”, 1934……………$45.00

53. FITZGERALD, Ella. Youthful 1940s 3½ x 5½ photo…..…….$25.00

54. GARLAND, Judy and MERMAN, Ethel. Original 7x9 photo showing them on Garland’s CBS television show, 1964……..…..$40.00

55. GRAHAM, Martha. Superb 7x9 double weight photo by Soichi Sunami, stamped on the lower right. The photo dates from the mid-1930s and shows her dancing in “Rhapsodie”………$75.00

56. HARDING, Ann. Gorgeous vintage 8x10 photo “Girl of the Golden West”, 1930……………………………………………………...$35.00

57. HUSTON, Walter, O’SULLIVAN, Maureen and MARSH, Marian. Rare and delightful 8x10 photo of Huston camping it up with four starlets in the pre-code 1930 “The Bad Man”. O’Sullivan is on the right and Marsh on the left…………………………………….$95.00

58. LEIGH, Vivien. Gorgeous vintage 7½ x 9 photo in “That Hamilton Woman”, 1941…………………………………………………..$45.00

59. LAWRENCE, Gertrude. Poignant 7x9 news photo showing Lawrence teaching Columbia University drama students in 1952. In just five months, Lawrence’s death from breast cancer stunned the theater world. She was in the middle of the run of “The King and I”, and Broadway dimmed their lights for the first time…$35.00

60. MC KINNEY, Nina Mae. Scarce 6x9 irregularly trimmed photo in “Sanders of the River” 1935……………………………………$25.00

61. MILLER, Ann. 8x10 photo in “Kiss Me Kate”………..…….$25.00

62. MONROE, Marilyn. Superb 8x10 double weight photo dating from the early 1950s…………………………………………….……$85.00

63. MONROE, Marilyn. “A New Wrinkle” Magnificent vintage 16x20 half-tone print on heavy paper by the Tom Kelly Studios, dating from the late 1950s. Very fine. Tom Kelly took the famous nude photos of the young starlet in 1949 that appeared in Playboy in 1955. He called this one “A New Wrinkle”. It is one of the most iconic nude female images of all time. (Note this will be sent in a mailing tube)………………………………………………….....$55.00

64. MORGAN, Helen. Original 8x10 Homer Van Pelt photo in “Go Into Your Dance”, 1935. Very fine……………….…………………$40.00

65. ORPHEUM VAUDEVILLE. Vintage 8x10 photo of the famous Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, with show girls and a soldier on the marquee. Dates from late 1930s or early 1940s…………$40.00

66. PAVLOVA, Anna. Fine 7x9 Matzene of Chicago photo, dated 1915. Stamped front and verso. Superb!........................................$85.00

67. RACHMANINOFF, Serge. Fine 8x10 Rembrandt Studio photo, 1930s. Slight creasing, mostly fine……………………..$75.00

68. RALSTON, Esther and KOHLER, Fred. Vintage 8x10 “Old Ironsides” photo, 1926…………………………………………$35.00

69. SHERIDAN, Ann. Charming 8x10 photo showing Sheridan, who was still called “Clara Lou Sheridan” at the Succulent Society at the Huntington Library in 1934. Sheridan was brand new to the movies when she posed for this goofy photo…………………………$50.00

70. SOTHERN, Ann. Incredible vintage 7 x 9½ 1930s photo, gloves and lamé. Fine…………………………………..……………..$45.00

71. STANWYCK, Barbara. Amusing 8x10 photo in the pre-code 1931 drama “Ten Cents A Dance” which is one of the very few movies based on a popular song (this was based on the Rodgers and Hart hit), a later print from the negative……………………………$35.00

72. TOUMANOVA, Tamara. Original 7½ x 9½ ballet photo……..$40.00

73. WOOD, Natalie and BEYMER, Richard. Vintage 8x10 “West Side Story” photo, 1961. Slight creasing……………………………$35.00

74. WRAY, Fay & BELLAMY, Ralph. Superb 8x10 photo, “Woman in the Dark”, 1934……………………………………………….$25.00

75. YOUNG, Loretta; WHITE, Alice & D’AVRIL, Yola. 1928 “First National Pictures” Christmas Party photo. The men are Paul Vincenti, Donald Reed and Arthur Stone. Slight surface dents, mostly very fine………………………………………………..$45.00

ALL AUTOGRAPHS GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC Abbreviations: SP = Signed Photo. SPc = Signed Postcard Photo. ALS= Autograph Letter Signed. LS = Letter Signed. ANS = Autograph Note Signed. AQS = Autograph Quotation Signed. AMusQS = Autograph Musical Quotation Signed. DS = Document Signed. TMsS = Typed Manuscript Signed.

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24. Berlin: How Do You Do It Mabel On Twenty Dollars A Week

40. Busby Berkeley, Eddie Cantor, John W. Harkrider, Lucille Ball

45. Gary Cooper

55. Martha Graham

62. Marilyn Monroe

65. Orpheum Vaudeville

66. Anna Pavlova

69. Ann Sheridan

67. Sergei Rachmaninoff

8. George and Ira Gershwin, and Vernon Duke

58. Vivien Leigh

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