Search Results: Authors starting with U from Henry Berry, books/ephemera

[1949ca S IS FOR SIGHTLESS ORIGINAL RADIO SCRIPT ANNOTATED / BLINDNESS UNESCO UN / LOUIS BRAILLE] S IS FOR SIGHTLESS, original ribbon typescript 34 pages, 8-1/2" x 11", note at bottom of last page "(1) UNESCO/MCT/9 World Braille" dating the script at Sept.1949 (see Notes below), mostly English, but parts in French, heavily edited in pencil by two individuals (see below), passages crossed out, and slips of paper for changes and additions stapled to pages in respective places, two different handwritings are evident by the darkness and heaviness of one presumed to be Gerald Kean (see Notes below) for nearly all the annotations and a second which is light and thin presumed to be the unnamed narrator at the beginning of the script who is an official with Unesco House on Avenue Kleber in Paris, excerpts, "[L]ast year John wrote his doctorate…entirely in Braille…Your son overcoming all his handicaps, so brilliantly…I enlisted the aid of Jacques, the chief engineer of the UNESCO Braille… Read More

[1944 PHANTOM LADY/LA FEMME FANTOME, IN FRENCH, WWII RADIO PLAY SCRIPT, ALLIED HOME FRONT] PHANTOM LADY, LA FEMME FANTOME, United States Government, Office of War Information (Overseas), Hollywood, Cal. U.S.A. For: N. Y. Radio Program Bureau, French Hollywood Unit, "LA FEMME FANTOME" From the Universal Picture "THE PHANTOM LADY", TIME: 30 [min.], Production: Gerald Kean, DATE: 11-24-44 [Nov. 24, 1944], JEAN GEIRINGER, JACQUES SURMAGNE [unidentified, but presumably having something to do with the production, possibly recording and/or sound], script 30 pages, original ribbon, right-hand pages only, held by clips in legal-size manila folder, director/producer Gerald Kean working script with annotations on every page including timing, stage directions, some text editing, before script are 5 pages with character list with respective actors in pencil, pencil signatures of actors with Social Security numbers (for payment), Auditions 11/17/44, Actors' Time for Phantom Lady [with] Rates to be Paid, Recorder -… Read More

[1959 EASY AS ABC UN/UNESCO RADIO SERIES FEATURING LEADING CELEBRITIES] EASY AS ABC, A series of 20 half-hour programs on the aims and work of UNESCO, folder of assorted materials kept by the series producer Gerald Kean including April 8, 1959, (unsigned) copy of letter with United Nations letterhead to "Miss Bergman" [Ingrid Bergman] letting her know that the radio series she was a part of "has just been given the Peabody Award [for 1958]. This, as you know, is the Broadcasting equivalent of the Academy Award"…letter with Ingrid Berman salutation is a sample of the letter sent to the many leading celebrities of the era taking part in the ABC series, along the right margin of the letter is the handwritten pencil note "Gerry, I've sent this to the list — excepting your people. Do you want to write 'em?, J— [initials illegible, possibly John or JD for John Daly, the ABC vice president who accepted the Award, "Gerry" is Gerald Kean, see below], "[p.s.] also enclosed is the release" (news release of… Read More

[1910 GERMAN BAVARIA TRAVEL PHOTO ALBUM 75 matte photos varied subjects] GERMANY – 1910 HANDWRITTEN ON FRONT COVER, Bavarian towns and scenes, 75 period matte photos on stiff photo paper mounted on 12 stiff pages of an album bound by twine at left (back cover detached but present), 13" x 11", mostly 4-5 mounted photos per page, many photos with captions in white, chalk-like marker with a few captions rubbed out, photos range from about 2-1/2" x 4" to about 4" x 6-1/2", well-to-do family with good camera equipment taking a leisurely tour through Bavaria, Germany, subjects vary from buildings (presumably some which were destroyed in WWII) and street scenes, local residents in traditional dress, horse-pulled vehicles, mountains and lakes, and members of the tour group, among the photos as captioned are "Van dem Cooks bureau" (suggesting the group was a part of a Cook's tour), "Der Schliersee – mit dem Dorf" (a small town viewed from across the lake with the town on its shores and mountains around… Read More

[THIN MAN RADIO SCRIPT, WORLD WAR II OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION, FRENCH TEXT] NICK, GENTLEMAN DETECTIVE (AFTER THE THIN MAN), from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture "After the Thin Man", RECORDED AT: Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, DATE: DECEMBER 22, 1944, TIME: 1 P.M. TO 7 P.M., (for) United States Government, Office of War Information (Overseas), Hollywood, Calif., U.S.A., N. Y. Radio Program Bureau, French Hollywood Unit, typescript manuscript heavily annotated with text and programming editing by director Gerald Kean with pencil signatures of cast including Adolphe Menjou (Nick) and Michele Morgan (Nora) with respective Social Security numbers if applicable for payment by the U. S. government for their parts in the OWI radio play, bound in legal size manila folder with two brass clips at left edges of pages, 8-1/2" x 11", 36 page script plus front matter of pages of notes, title page, cast, and page with cast signatures for 42 pages total, set in New York City with detective Nick… Read More

The Story of the Stamford Hospital 1896-1971, Seventy-five Years of Service, with more than 100 photographs, by Marie Updegraff, published by Stamford Hospital, 1971, illustrated hardcover, no jacket as issued, 7-1/2" x 10-1/2", 97 pages, black-and-white photographs; CONDITION: near fine, touches of edgewear to cover, minimal normal wear, hinges firm, text block tight, exceptionally well-preserved copy.