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THE BLUES BROTHERS (Movie novelization)
by Miami Mitch (who?). Screenplay by Dan Aykroyd and John Landis. 8 pages of B&W movie stills. Condition: UNREAD, but not perfect, 1980 Jove paperback, first edition, first printing. Small edgewear with pale shelfwear hinge crease. Light tanning to page edges. Content: If you don't know who the Blues Brothers are, then you really don't need this book. Where ya' been? Novelization based on Aykroyd-Landis screenplay with additional information. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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FUNNY LADY: The Sparkling Story of a Show Business Legend (Movie novelization)
by Leonore Fleischer. Based on the screenplay by Jay Presson Allen & Arnold Schulman. Condition: Good only, 1975 Bantam paperback, first printing. Pale spine crease with pprominent hinge crease. Back cover is clipped and the Steisand photo obscured due to rubbings from something being stuck to it and then removed. Interior is clean and tight with a great color movie stills section. Content: This book is based on the movie - the follow-up to Funny Girl. 1930s in New York. The famous singer Fanny Brice has divorced her first husband Nicky Arnstein. During the depression she has trouble finding work as an artist but meets Billy Rose, a newcomer who writes lyrics and owns his own nightclub. The 1975 movie was directed by Herbert Ross and starred Streisand, James Caan, Roddy McDowell, Ben Vereen, and Omar Sharif. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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THE HOLLYWOOD MUSICAL: A Picture Quiz Book
by Stanley Appelbaum. 215 B&W movie stills from Culver Pictures, Inc. Condition: UNREAD 1974 Dover large soft cover, no printing given. Light edgewear. Content: Although this is framed as a "quiz book," it is really an opportunity to show some of the great B&W movie stills from early Hollywood's grand-scale musicals, i.e., Busy Berkeley numbers. Neat! Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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LIGHT OF DAY (Movie Novelization)
by Robert Feiden. Based on screenplay by Paul Schrader. 8 pages B&W movie stills. Condition UNREAD, but not perfect, 1987 Signet paperback, first printing. Edgewear & light tanning page edges. Content: This is the story of rock 'n roll brother and sister. The siblings Patty and Joe live in an industrial suburb. While Patty's ambition is their rock band "The Barbusters" only, Joe also cares for the family and the upbringing of Patty's young son Benji. Their pious mother reproaches them for their way of life, especially when they quit their jobs and go on tour, taking Benji with them. The 1987 movie starred Michael J. Fox, Gena Rowlands, and Joan Jett. [1 copy available]
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THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
by Gaston Leroux. Condition: UNREAD 1995 Barnes & Noble hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), 5th printing. Content: This is Leroux's famous gothic novel of intrigue and romance beneath the Paris Opera House. It tells, of course, of the beautiful opera singer Christine and the choice she must make between the disfigured Phantom, who taught her her craft, and the Viscount she has long loved. There have been dozens of movie incarnations of the Phantom, including a silent version with the great Lon Chaney, but the most recent is the movie version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's blockbuster stage musical. The 2005 movie was directed by Joel Schumacher and starred Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson, Miranda Richardson, and Minnie Driver. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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THE UNSINKABLE MRS. BROWN (Molly Brown)
by Carolinei Bancroft. Wonderful B&W era photographs illustrate. Condition: UNREAD c. 1963 Johnson Books Trade Paperback edition, no printing given. Content: A remarkably complete and detailed history of Mrs. Brown from birth to the Titanic to death - considering this is a slim volume. While this is most likely not the source used for the great 1964 musical directed by Charles Walters, it will do. The movie starred the wonderful Debbie Reynolds, Harve Presnell, Ed Begley, Jack Kruchen, Hermione Baddeley, and Harvey Lembeck. [1 copy available]
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VELVET GOLDMINE (Screenplay)
by Todd Haynes. Foreword by Michael Stipe. B&W and color movie stills illustrate. . Condition UNREAD, but not perfect, 1998 Farber & Farber (UK) Trade Paperback, first printing. Edgewear with tag-removal mark top front cover. Interior perfect. Content: Reviewer Jack Fairy: "1971: Glamrock explodes all over the world and challanges the seriousness within the flowerpower generation by means of glitter and brutal music. Brian Slade, a young rockstar, inspires numerous teenage boys and girls to paint their nails and explore their own sexuality. In the end Slade destroys himself. Unable to escape the role he created for himself, he plots his own murder. When his fans discovers that the murder is a fake, his star falls and he is forgotten about. 1984: Arthur, a journalist working for a New York newspaper, gets assigned the story about the fake murder of Brian Slade. When Arthur was young and grew up in Manchester, he was more than a fan of Slade. Reluctantly he accepts the assignment and starts to investigate what happened his old glamrock hero." The 1998 movie was directed by Haynes and starred Ewan McGregor, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Christian Bale, Toni Collette, Eddie Izzard, and Emily Woof. While probably not exclusively a musical, I had problems deciding where to put this book - so here it is. There is also an interview of Todd Haynes by Oren Moverman. [1 copy available]
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WEST SIDE STORY (Movie & Broadway musical novelization) by Irving Shulman. George Chakiris and Sharks front cover movie still. Condition UNREAD, but not perfect, 1971 Pocket paperback, 21st printing. Moderate tanning to page edges. Tiny, tiny edgewear. Content: Romeo and Juliet in the New York gang world. Book by Arthur Laurents. Music by Leonard Bernstein. Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins. Never seen it? Where 'ya been? Americana at its best. [1 copy available]
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