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Culver City, CA: RKO Radio Pictures, 1933. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1933 film. One of the most famous dance debuts in film history, featuring the iconic team of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers performing "The Carioca." Not only was it their debut, and the highlight of the film, but it set off a dance… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1957. Two vintage medium format color negatives from the 1957 film, both showing dance sequences. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A musical remake of "Ninotchka," adapted for the stage by George S. Kaufman, Leueen McGrath, and Abe Burrows, with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The play and the… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1962. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1962 film, showing actress Natalie Wood. Based on the 1959 Broadway musical. The rise to fame of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee, aided by her ambitious mother, Mama Rose. Set in New York. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, lightly edgeworn.… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1947. Vintage reference photograph of choreographer Tilly Losch and actress Yvonne de Carlo on the set of the 1947 film. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A fictional episode in the life of composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, imagining a love affair with a Spanish cabaret dancer that leads him to pen the titular composition "Scheherazade."… Read more about this item

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1960. Vintage reference photograph from the 1960 film, showing director George Sidney inspecting a chorus line of women's legs. Columbia Pictures stamp specific to the Dutch release on the verso. Based on Norman Krasna's 1958 Broadway play "Who Was That Lady I Saw You With?" A mild-mannered chemistry professor falsely claims to be… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1954. Revised Final Draft script for the 1955 film. Presentation copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald, with his name in gilt on the spine. 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" (1945), "Humoresque" (1946),… Read more about this item

Cologne [Koln]: N.p., 1989. Vintage poster for the performance of the 1989 dance piece by choreographer Louis Falco at the Tanz-Forum der Oper der Stadt Köln on May 9, 1989, with music by Bruce Springsteen (arranged by Hajo Stahl), libretto by Falco and Kitty Troll, and set, costume, and poster design by Jack Brusca, SIGNED and dated in the… Read more about this item

London: The Rank Organization, 1948. Collection of five vintage reference photographs from the 1948 British film, showing the infamous, impressionistic "ballet sequence." Three with printed mimeo snipes affixed to the versos, and all five with stamps of The Rank Organisation on the versos. Loosely based on the 1845 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, following an up-and-coming… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1980. Vintage press kit for the 1980 film. Full-color illustrated pocketed folder, containing 12 black and white photographs, and 5 gatherings of promotional reading material. A dramatization of the life of legendary Polish ballet dancer and choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky, focusing on the dancer's repression of his own homosexuality due to his drive for success,… Read more about this item

San Francisco: N.p., 1988. Vintage two-color "Dean Loumbas' Mind Dance" poster, for a performance at San Francisco's The Green Room, Friday, November 18, 1988. Dean Loumbas is currently the choreographer for the San Francisco Lyrics Opera, and has choreographed for TheatreWorks, Ray of Light, Lamplighters, San Francisco State, University of San Francisco, Iowa State, University of Illinois, City… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Club Oasis, 1989. Original "Majestically Modern" poster, announcing an "XQ" fashion show and performance art by "Christi On's Hot Foote Dancers," Thursday, August 17, 1989, hosted by Live 105 (KITS) disc jockey "Big" Rick Stewart with DJ Mark Hamilton, also a disc jockey with Live 105 (KITS). The popular San Francisco LGBTQ nightclub Club Oasis first… Read more about this item

Paris: Paris Opera, 1980. Vintage program for the 20th anniversary of the Salon International de l'Habillement Masculin (International Men's Clothing Show) from 1980, with text in both English and French. Also included are two tickets to the event on double weight, textured paper, an RSVP request folded twice, and a map of the theater with manuscript ink annotation identifying… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1956. Vintage photographic print of concept art depicting actress Leslie Caron used for advertisements for the 1956 film. Based on the 1930 play "Waterloo Bridge" by Robert E. Sherwood. A ballet dancer meets and falls in love with a corporal but he is shipped off for the D-Day landing. When she gets… Read more about this item

Los Angeles, CA: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1955. Two vintage reference photographs of actress Leslie Caron from the 1955 film. Each photograph with a provenance stamp on the verso. A man anonymously pays for an 18-year-old French orphan to go to college in New England. After years of writing him letters with no response, he meets her without revealing… Read more about this item

Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1944. Two vintage photographs of Flamenco dancer Carmen Amaya, dubbed "The Human Vesuvius" by producer and impresario Sol Hurok, seen here in the traditional decorative jacket, shirt, vest, and high-waisted trousers usually reserved for male Flamenco dancers, 1944. One with a fragment of a mimeo snipe on the verso which includes a reference for the… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1936. Vintage reference photograph from the 1936 film. Annotations in manuscript pencil and ink on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A dramatization of the rise to fame of Broadway producer and impresario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. An extravagant, runaway production, with a massive budget, lavish sets, and costumes by… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Columbia Pictures, 1954. Collection of six vintage reference photographs from the 1955 film, showing actor and choreographer Bob Fosse rehearsing dance steps with Janet Leigh and others on the set. Five with mimeo snipes on the versos, and all six with stamp of Columbia Pictures. Based on the 1940 play by Joseph A. Fields and Jerome… Read more about this item

Avignon, France: Avignon Festival, 1976. Original poster for the seminal 1976 four-act avant-garde opera directed by Robert Wilson and composed by Philip Glass. "Einstein on the Beach" premiered on July 25, 1976, at the Festival d'Avignon in France, performed by the Philip Glass Ensemble and presented by the Byrd Hoffmann Foundation. It was also staged that summer… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1934. Vintage composite photograph of self-taught husband-and-wife ballroom dance team Frank Veloz and Yolanda Casazza dancing the "Viola Waltz," a dance created for the 1934 film. Mimeo snipe on the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Veloz and Yolanda (as the couple were commonly known) were stars… Read more about this item

Culver City, CA: RKO Radio Pictures, 1935. Collection of five vintage reference photographs from the 1935 film, three showing actor Bill "Bojangles" Robinson dancing, and two showing Robinson on the set with actress Jeni LeGon. A wealthy young man falls for a New York singer, leading her con artist father to use her as a pawn in… Read more about this item