The Michigan Theatre: Ann Arbor’s Home for Fine Film and the Performing Arts Since 1928 [Signed]

By: Aldridge, Henry B.; Russell B. Collins

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Ann Arbor, Michigan Theater Foundation: 2013

Inscription: Inscribed by both authors

Seller ID: 3324

Condition: Very Good

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Wraps, 17.8 by 25.4 cm, ix 230 pp., well-illustrated in color and black and white. Very good with light wear to the wraps. Inscribed and signed by both authors on the dedication page. An in-depth history and development of the great Michigan Theater. From the back cover: “From its debut as a grand movie palace at the dawn of ‘talking pictures’ to its place today as Ann Arbor’s celebrated home for film and live presentations, the Michigan Theater has been a showplace for the shifting tastes and emerging technologies that over the decades reshaped the American entertainment industry ... View more info

Freaks [DVD]

By: Browning, Tod, director

Price: $25.00

Publisher: np, Turner Entertainment Co.: 2004

Seller ID: 2980

Condition: New

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DVD, black and white, 62 minutes, Region 1. New, still sealed in shrink wrap, with light sun fading on the spine. “Tod Browning directs this landmark 1932 movie in which the true freaks are not the story’s sideshow performers, but “normal” who mock and abuse them. Browning, a former circus contortionist, cast real-life sideshow professionals. A living torso who nimbly lights on cigarette despite having no arms or legs, microcephalics (whom the film calls “pinheads”) – they and others play the big-top troupers who inflict a terrible revenge on the trapeze artist who treats the... View more info

Every Picture Tells a Story: A CQ Book

By: Coppola, Roman

Price: $15.00

Publisher: np, CQ Books Inc. (United Artists Films): 2002

Seller ID: 2232

Condition: Very Good +

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Wraps, 11.5 by 17.6 cm, [48] pp., illus. Very good copy with only faint signs of shelf wear. A promotional booklet for the 2002 film “CQ” (“Seek You”) written and directed by Roman Coppola, staring Jeremy Davies and Angela Lindvall. “A young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own personal art film, coping with his crumbling relationship with his girlfriend, and a new-found infatuation with the sci-fi film's starlet.” The booklet is a combination of movie stills, collage, movie posters for “Dragonfly” and “69/70” (the films ... View more info

The Films of Charles & Ray Eames, Six DVD Set

By: Eames, Charles; Ray Eames; Eames Demetrios

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Chatsworth, CA, Image Entertainment with Eames Office: 2005

Seller ID: 3395

Condition: Near Fine

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Six Region 1 DVDs in original plastic cases with illustrated card slipcase, color, totaling 5 hours 37 minutes. Discs are fine with no scratches or marks; the cases are near fine. An impressive collection of filmwork by Charles and Ray Eames, who were “among the finest American designers of the 20th Century. They are best known for their groundbreaking contributions to architecture, furniture design (the Eames Chair), industrial design and manufacturing, and the photographic arts. In the early 1950s, the Eameses extended their interest and skill in photography into filmmaking. They created... View more info

The Final Comedown: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Movie Soundtrack, Vinyl Record]

By: Green, Grant; Wade Marcus.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, United Artists Records, Inc.: 1972

Seller ID: 3349

Condition: Near Fine

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Catalog no. BST-84415. Twelve-inch vinyl LP in original sleeve. The disc is near fine with awesome sound; the sleeve is very good with light rubbing and corner wear. Includes the original Blue Note catalog inner sleeve. Not only a surprisingly good soundtrack but a hoppin’ one! On the first track, you may wonder “why does it sound like a collegiate-level marching band doing music for a porno?” But then the funk kicks in and tympanist gets a little crazy, and it sounds great! It’s no wonder that Grant Green is now considered a jazz guitar genius and why Blue Note chose this album ... View more info

Maiakovski y el Cine [Vladimir Mayakovsky in the Cinema]

By: Santos, Angel Fernández

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Barcelona, Tusquets Editor: 1974

Seller ID: 2493

Condition: Very Good

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Mass market paperback, 10.4 by 17.9 cm, 151 (5) pp., illus. Text is in Spanish. Very good with light edge and corner wear; light yellowing to the leaves, and initials in pen on the first leaf. Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky (1893 – 1930) was a Russian Soviet poet, playwright, artist, and actor. Santos work focuses on Mayakovsky’s Futurist film career. View more info