Jazz Age from Royal Books, Inc.

New York: Actors Reperatory Theatre, 1984. Vintage program and flyer for the 1984 play. Marty Martin's critically acclaimed one character play, starring Margie Bolding as Zelda Fitzgerald, was presented by the Actors Repertory Theatre with Tonbigbee Productions, and premiered on June 7, 1984 at the Actors Repertory Theatre. Program, 5.5 x 8.5 inches, side stapled. Flyer, 5 x… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: The Fountain Theatre, 1995. Vintage program for the 1995 play. Simon Levy's adaptation of Fitzgerald's 1934 novel, which premiered at The Fountain Theatre in Los Angeles on March 2, 1995, directed by Heidi Helen Davis, and starring Larry Poindexter and Tracy Middendorf. Previously made as the 1962 film, directed by Henry King, starring Jason Robards and… Read more about this item

Copenhagen: Paramount Pictures, 1950. Vintage one-color Danish program for the 1949 film noir, here under the Danish title "Den Store Gatsby - Spritsmuglerkongen." Text in Danish. The first sound adaptation of Fitzgerald's masterpiece, which was filmed once before as a now-lost silent in 1926 under the auspices of Paramount's former incarnation, the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation. Done in a… Read more about this item

New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. First Edition. First Edition, in the rare dust jacket. The final two pages of the book are dedicated to a glossary of Harlem slang. A Jazz Age novel, with proletarian leanings, about an ill-fated love affair between an idealistic young woman from Connecticut and a rambling snake oil salesman who travel from… Read more about this item

Washington, DC: Capitol Music, 1932. Original sheet music for the song "Take Me to the Dance Marathon," played by impressario Zeke Youngblood at the beginning of each of his marathons, and dedicated to him. Interestingly, this copy is signed by seven couples on the front wrapper, each also accompanied by a number, indicating that they were likely participants in… Read more about this item

Hollywood: Paramount Pictures / Tropic Film Productions, 1970. Original US one sheet poster for the 1970 X-rated film. Based on Miller's 1934 groundbreaking novel of life and love in Paris, a book initially banned in the US. Miller (Torn) and his wife Ellen (Burstyn) dally in France's finer things, while he tries teaching English at a school… Read more about this item