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1925: CHARLEY'S AUNT (The Tivoli, Strand) Souvenir Programme
Syd Chaplin, Ethel Shannon, James E. Page, Lucien Littlefield, Alec B. Francis, Phillips Smalley, Eulalie Jensen, David James, James Harrison, Mary Akin, Priscilla Bonner; dir:Scott Sidney [24pp, 7.25x9.6; 4 excellent stills from 'Charley's Aunt'; full-page photo of Charlie Chaplin and Syd Chaplin, full-page photo of Conrad Nagel and Marguerite de la Motte in 'Cheaper to Marry'; programme of music played by The Tivoli Orchestra under the direction of Mr.John Reynders; slightly rumpled and grubby, mild foxing to cover, otherwise in remarkable condition] £6
1925: BEN-HUR: A Tale of the Christ (The Tivoli, Strand) Souvenir Programme
Ramon Novarro, Francis X. Bushman, May McAvoy, Betty Bronson, Claire McDowell, Kathleen Key, Carmel Myers; and Douglas Fairbanks, Clark Gable, Lillian Gish, Myrna Loy, Mary Pickford (all uncredited); dir:Fred Niblo [28pp, 7.25x9.75; cover photo of Ramon Novarro as Ben-Hur, 8 excellent stills from 'Ben Hur', full cast list, credits, "The Tivoli News", "How the 'Ben-Hur' Chariot Race was Filmed", "The Story of the Picture"; programme of music played by The Tivoli Orchestra under the direction of Mr.John Reynders; somewhat rumpled, staples rusty, minor marks, but a remarkable survivor!] £6
1928 (8 Nov): TRELAWNEY OF THE WELLS (Empire, Leicester Square) Souvenir Programme
Norma Shearer, Owen Moore, Ralph Forbes; A souvenir of the opening of the newly refurbished Empire, Leicester Square, containing: full details of the Variety programme preceding the main feature, cast list, prices of admission; The Empire - 1884 (with line-drawing of the auditorium of the old theatre); The Empire - 1928 (with charming line-drawings of the refurbishments); Picture Theatre Design by Thomas W.Lamb, architect of the Empire; The Story of Trelawney (w.photographs); Empire Portrait Galley (w.photos of Greta Garbo, Ramon Navarro, Lon Chaney, Joan Crawford); Forthcoming "Empire" Films (w.8 photos) [36pp, 7.25x9.75, enclosed in a 7.75x10.5 brown cover (original); central pages detched and somewhat tatty, remainder VG; very uncommon] £6
1934 (Wednesday 12 December): LORNA DOONE (Prince Edward Theatre) Film Premiere Programme
Victoria Hopper, John Loder, Mary Clare, Margaret Lockwood, Edward Rigby, Roger Livesey, George Curzon, Koska Von Bissing, Frank Cellier, Roy Emerton; dir:Basil Dean [28pp, 8.7x11.5; 8 photos in all, programme of events (including The Devonshire Singers), synopsis, cast list, credits (including Lorna's Love Song by Rutland Boughton), large photo of H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, K.G.; outer cover frankly tatty - but inner pages VG, just slightly rumpled; very uncommon] (£5) SOLD
1950s: SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD (The London Casino) Cinerama Souvenir Brochure
Splendid souvenir of 'The Seven Wonders of the World' as seen through the eyes of the Modern Wonder Cinerama; contains an article on Cinerama by Lowell Thomas, 7 Wonders of the Ancient World (w.7 illustrations), An Odyssey with a three-eyed camera (w.11 photos), Cinerama photographs the Pope (w.3 photos), Illustrated World Map, showing the travels of Cinerama, Account of the Feature Film (w.22 photos), How Cinerama Works (w.excellent illustration), Lowell Thomas takes us on a tour of Cinerama Studios in Oyster Bay etc.; directed by Tay Garnett, Paul Mantz, Andrew Marton, Ted Tetzlaff, Walter Thompson [20pp, 9x12; with over 50 illustrations; a few light marks, minor edge damage, one staple detached, otherwise VG] £4
1955: RICHARD III (Leicester Square Theatre) Royal World Premiere Programme
Cedric Hardwicke, Nicholas Hannen, Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, John Gielgud, Pamela Brown, Claire Bloom, Andrew Cruickshank, Alec Clunes, Michael Gough, Helen Haye, Esmond Knight, John Laurie, Patrick Troughton, Stanley Baker, Rosalind Knight; dir:Laurence Olivier [20pp, 8.5x11; souvenir of the World Premiere in the Gracious Presence of Her Majesty The Queen and H.R.H. The Duke Of Edinburgh; full cast and credits, photo of the Royal couple, charming portrait of Olivier as Richard III by Molly Bishop; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
1955: OTHELLO (Royal Festival Hall) Pictorial Programme
Sergei Bondarchuk, Irina Skobtseva, Andrei Popov, Vladimir Soshalsky, Yevgeni Vesnik; dir:Sergei Yutkevich [20pp, 8.25x11.75; 24+ magnificent full-colour production stills; large photographic portraits of Sergei Bondarchuk and Irina Skobtseva, full-page reproduction of sketch by Henri Matisse of Sergei Yutkevich, synopsis, cast list, colour costume design; Sergei Yutkevich won the Best Director award at the Cannes Film Festival 1956; slightly rumpled, else VG] £5
1956: THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (Paramount Pictures) Pictorial Programme
Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson, Yvonne De Carlo, Debra Paget, John Derek, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Judith Anderson, Vincent Price, John Carradine, Henry Wilcoxon and many others; dir:Cecil B DeMille [16pp, 8.25x11.75; 25+ magnificent full-colour illustrations by Arnold Friberg; slightly rumpled, else VG] £5
1958: GIGI (MGM/Arthur Freed Production) Souvenir Programme
Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdan, Hermione Gingold, Eva Gabor, Jacques Bergerac, Isabel Jeans, Cecil Beaton (as Gentleman in park, uncredited); dir:Vincente Minnelli [16pp, 8.75x11.75; synopsis, nearly 50 photos (many in colour), notes, cast list, credits; won 9 Oscars; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
1960: THE ALAMO (Alamo Company/Batjac Productions/United Artists) Souvenir Programme
John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Frankie Avalon, Patrick Wayne; dir:John Wayne [32pp, 8.25x11; foreword by John Wayne, cast list, credits, 35 stills and cast photos (most in colour), notes, colour illustrations; VG] (£5) SOLD
1960: SPARTACUS (Universal Pictures) Souvenir Programme
Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov, John Gavin, Herbert Lom, John Dall, Tony Curtis; dir:Stanley Kubrick [32pp, 8x11; 22 sketches, extensive notes, 55+ photographs, photos and features on each of the leading actors, cast list, credits, notes etc.; slightly rumpled, minor marks, else VG] £4
1961: EL CID (Rank Organisation/Samuel Bronston Productions/Dear Film Produzione) Souvenir Programme
Charlton Heston, Sophia Loren, Raf Vallone, Geneviève Page, John Fraser, Gary Raymond, Hurd Hatfield, Michael Hordern, Andrew Cruickshank, Douglas Wilmer, Herbert Lom; dir:Anthony Mann [16pp, 8.25x11; extensive notes and commentary, 25+ colour photos, cast list, credits; VG] £5
1962: HOW THE WEST WAS WON (MGM/Cinerama) Souvenir Programme
Carroll Baker, Lee J. Cobb, Henry Fonda, Carolyn Jones, Karl Malden, Gregory Peck, George Peppard, Robert Preston, Debbie Reynolds, James Stewart, Eli Wallach, John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Raymond Massey, Agnes Moorehead, Thelma Ritter, Mickey Shaughnessy, Russ Tamblyn, Spencer Tracy; dir:John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall, Richard Thorpe; directed by John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall [16pp, 8.25x10.75; 30+ colour photos, illustrations, cast list, biographies and photos of the stars and co-stars, articles on Cinerama, story of the production, photos etc.; won 3 Oscars; some minor tape adhesions to front cover, slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
1962: WEST SIDE STORY (Mirisch Pictures-Seven Arts Productions) Souvenir Programme
Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris, dir:Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins [24pp, 8.5x11.5; 35+ colour photos, cast list, making of the film, synopsis, 22 biographies and photos of the leading players and the production team, credits etc.; VG] £5
1963: IT'S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD (United Artists) Souvenir Programme
Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, Ethel Merman, Mickey Rooney, Dick Shawn, Phil Silvers, Terry-Thomas, Peter Falk, Edward Everett Horton, Buster Keaton, Zasu Pitts, Jimmy Durante, Jack Benny; dir:Stanley Kramer [24pp, 8.75x11.5; 15+ production photos, 35+ cast photos (many photos in colour); articles, cast list, credits; tape adhesions to cover, else VG] £4
1963: 55 DAYS AT PEKING (Samuel Bronston Productions) Souvenir Programme
Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, David Niven, Flora Robson, John Ireland, Harry Andrews, Leo Genn, Robert Helpmann, Paul Lukas, Elizabeth Sellars, Geoffrey Bayldon, Walter Gotell, Mervyn Johns, Eric Pohlmann, Robert Urquhart, Alfred Lynch, John Moulder-Brown; dir:Nicholas Ray [24pp, 8.5x11.5; 20+ production photos (most in colour), 15+ colour portraits of the cast, articles, cast list, credits; minor marks, else VG] £5
1964: THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE (Rank Organisation/Samuel Bronston Productions/Paramount) Souvenir Programme
Sophia Loren, Stephen Boyd, Alec Guinness, James Mason, Christopher Plummer, Anthony Quayle, Omar Sharif, Mel Ferrer, Eric Porter, Finlay Currie, Andrew Keir, Douglas Wilmer, George Murcell, Norman Wooland, Michael Gwynn; dir:Anthony Mann [24pp, 9x12; magnificent photography (much in colour), biographies of the leading actors, articles etc.; the Roman Forum still holds the record as the largest outdoor set ever built for a film (pictured here); Sophia Loren's salary for the film was $1,000,000; this was Paramount's biggest flop of 1964 (budgeted at about $20 million); VG] £5
1964: THE MAGNIFICENT SHOWMAN (US: CIRCUS WORLD) (Samuel Bronston Production/Paramount/Rank) Souvenir Programme
John Wayne, Claudia Cardinale, Rita Hayworth, Lloyd Nolan, Richard Conte; dir:Henry Hathaway [24pp, 9x12; cast list; 25 photos (many in colour), biographies of the leading players; minor adhesion marks on cover, else VG] £4
1964: LORD JIM (Columbia) Souvenir Programme
Peter O'Toole, James Mason, Curt Jurgens, Eli Wallach, Jack Hawkins, Paul Lukas, Akim Tamiroff, Jack MacGowran, Walter Gotell, Newton Blick; dir:Richard Brooks [24pp, 9x12; cast list; 25 colour photos, account of the filming, synopsis, biographies of the leading players, credits etc.; VG] £5
1964: BECKET (Paramount Films) Souvenir Programme
Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud, Gino Cervi, Donald Wolfit, Martita Hunt, Pamela Brown, Sian Phillips, Felix Aylmer, Niall MacGinnis, Peter Jeffrey; dir:Peter Glenville [20pp, 9x12; cast list, 35+ excellent photographs (7 in colour), synopsis, biographies of the leading players and the production team, credits etc.; VG] £5
1965: THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD (George Stevens Productions/United Artists) Souvenir Programme
Max von Sydow, Michael Anderson Jr., Pat Boone, Richard Conte, Joanna Dunham, José Ferrer, Van Heflin, Charlton Heston, Martin Landau, Angela Lansbury, David McCallum, Roddy McDowall, Dorothy McGuire, Sal Mineo, Donald Pleasence, Sidney Poitier, Claude Rains, Gary Raymond, Telly Savalas, Joseph Schildkraut, John Wayne, Shelley Winters, Ed Wynn, Marian Seldes, Frank Silvera, Abraham Sofaer, Kay Hammond; dir:George Stevens, David Lean (uncredited), Jean Negulesco (uncredited) [28pp, 11.8x8.75; 15 colour production photos, cast list, credits, commentary; minor tape adhesion marks on title page, else VG] £4
1965: MARY POPPINS (Walt Disney) Souvenir Programme
Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, Glynis Johns, Hermione Baddeley, Karen Dotrice, Matthew Garber, Elsa Lanchester, Arthur Treacher, Reginald Owen, Ed Wynn; dir:Robert Stevenson [20pp, 8.25x11; 35 photos (most in colour), articles, synopsis, biographies of the leading players, cast list, credits; VG] £5
1965: DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (MGM) Souvenir Programme
Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin, Rod Steiger, Alec Guinness, Tom Courtenay, Siobhan McKenna, Ralph Richardson, Rita Tushingham, Bernard Kay, Noel Willman, Adrienne Corri, Jack MacGowran, Mark Eden, Erik Chitty, Ingrid Pitt, Robert Rietty; dir:David Lean [24pp, 9x12; 30+ photos (many in colour), articles, biographies of the leading players, cast list, credits; won 5 Oscars in 1966; VG] £5
1965: THE HALLELUJAH TRAIL (United Artists) Souvenir Programme
Burt Lancaster, Lee Remick, Jim Hutton, Pamela Tiffin, Donald Pleasence, Martin Landau; dir:John Sturges [24pp, 13.25x8.2 (in the Cinerama aspect ratio); c20 photos (most in colour), illustrations, cast list, cast biographies etc.; minor tape adhesion marks on cover, somewhat rumpled, else VG] £3
1966: KHARTOUM (Julian Blaustein Productions Ltd.) Souvenir Programme
Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier, Richard Johnson, Ralph Richardson, Alexander Knox, Michael Hordern, Zia Mohyeddin; dir:Basil Dearden, Eliot Elisofon [20pp, 12x9; 16 colour production photos, notes and photos of the real-life characters portrayed in the film, cast list etc.; ticket cellotaped to inner cover, else VG] £4
1967: FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD (MGM/Vic Films Productions Ltd.) Souvenir Programme
Julie Christie, Terence Stamp, Peter Finch, Alan Bates, Fiona Walker, Alison Leggatt, Julian Somers, Freddie Jones; dir:John Schlesinger [24pp, 11x9.5; 50+ colour photos, commentary, articles, cast list, credits etc.; ticket tipped in; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
1967: CAMELOT (Warner Brothers-Seven Arts) Souvenir Programme
Richard Harris, Vanessa Redgrave, Franco Nero, David Hemmings, Lionel Jeffries, Laurence Naismith, dir: Joshua Logan [36pp, 8.6x11; 70+ colour photos, commentary, articles, cast list, biographies, credits etc.; VG] £5
1967: WAR AND PEACE - Voyna i mir (Mosfilm) Souvenir Programme
Sergei Bondarchuk, Lyudmila Savelyeva, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Boris Zakhava, Anatoli Ktorov, Vladislav Strzhelchik, Nikolai Tolkachyov, Viktor Murganov; dir:Sergei Bondarchuk [36pp, 8.5x11; c40 production photos, cast list, credits, articles; won Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 1969; VG] £5
1968: THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE (Woodfall Film Productions) Souvenir Programme
Trevor Howard, Vanessa Redgrave, John Gielgud, Harry Andrews, Jill Bennett, David Hemmings, Peter Bowles, Mark Dignam, Alan Dobie, Andrew Faulds, Willoughby Goddard, Barbara Hicks, Rachel Kempson, T.P. McKenna, Corin Redgrave, Donald Wolfit, Peter Woodthorpe (and uncredited: Laurence Harvey, Joely Richardson, Natasha Richardson); dir:Tony Richardson [32pp, 12x9; 60+ photos (many in colour), articles, maps; VG] £5
1968: THE LION IN WINTER (AVCO Embassy/Haworth Productions) Souvenir Programme
Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins, John Castle, Nigel Terry, Timothy Dalton, Nigel Stock; dir:Anthony Harvey [32pp, 8.5x12; 30 photos (many in colour), articles, illustrations, biographies of Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn and six other leading players, cast, credits; won 3 Oscars (Best Actress, Best Music, Best Writing); VG] £3
1968: STAR! (Twentieth Century-Fox) Souvenir Programme
Julie Andrews, Richard Crenna, Michael Craig, Daniel Massey, Robert Reed, Bruce Forsyth, Beryl Reid, Roger Delgado, Clive Morton, Roy Scheider; dir:Robert Wise [36pp, 8.5x11; 35+ photos (many in colour), 15+ cast photos and biographies, costume designs, cast list, credits; somewhat rumpled, else VG] £3
1968: OLIVER (Romulus Films/Warwick Film Productions) Souvenir Programme
Ron Moody, Shani Wallis, Oliver Reed, Harry Secombe, Mark Lester, Jack Wild, Hugh Griffith, Joseph O'Conor, Peggy Mount, Leonard Rossiter, Hylda Baker, Kenneth Cranham, Megs Jenkins, James Hayter, Fred Emney; dir:Carol Reed [36pp, 8.5x11.25; 40+ colour production photos, cast list, credits, articles, biographies of 8 leading players (w.photos); won 5 Oscars in 1969; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
1969: ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS (Hal Wallis Productions/Universal Pictures) Souvenir Programme
Richard Burton, Geneviève Bujold, Irene Papas, Anthony Quayle, John Colicos, Michael Hordern, Katharine Blake, Peter Jeffrey, Joseph O'Conor, William Squire, Esmond Knight, Nora Swinburne, Vernon Dobtcheff, Gary Bond, T.P. McKenna, Denis Quilley, Terence Wilton, Nicola Pagett, June Ellis, Kynaston Reeves, Cyril Luckham, Juliet Kempson; uncredited: Kate Burton, Liza Todd Burton, Elizabeth Taylor; dir:Charles Jarrott [28pp, 8.5x11; 20 photos (many in colour), articles, cast list, credits; VG] (£5) SOLD
1971: THE BOY FRIEND (MGM/Russflix) Souvenir Programme
Twiggy, Christopher Gable, Max Adrian, Bryan Pringle, Murray Melvin, Moyra Fraser, Georgina Hale, Vladek Sheybal, Tommy Tune, Brian Murphy, Barbara Windsor, (and uncredited: Glenda Jackson, Petra Siniawski); dir:Ken Russell [16pp, 8.4x11; 15+ photos (many in colour), articles, biographies; VG] £4
1971: TALES OF BEATRIX POTTER (GW Films/MGM-EMI) Souvenir Programme
Frederick Ashton, Alexander Grant, Michael Coleman, Wayne Sleep, Lesley Collier, Leslie Edwards, Graham Fletcher; dir:Reginald Mills [20pp, 8x11; 40 colour production photos, articles, cast list, credits; VG] £4
1972: WAR AND PEACE (BBC TV) Souvenir Guide
Anthony Hopkins, Morag Hood, Alan Dobie, Rupert Davies, Joanna David, Faith Brook, Angela Down, Sylvester Morand, David Swift, Frank Middlemass, Anthony Jacobs, Neil Stacy, Anne Blake, Gary Watson, Donald Burton, Rufus Frampton, Tony Steedman, Colin Baker, Basil Henson, Richard Hurndall, Tenniel Evans, Erik Chitty and many others; prod: David Conroy, dir: John Davies [84pp, 9.25x11.75 Radio Times Special Publication; a superb Guide to this 1972 BBC mini-series, with over eighty pages, packed with colour production photos, illustrated articles, contemporary drawings and photos, commentary on each of the 20 episodes and much much more; VG] (£6) SOLD
1974: THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT (MGM) Souvenir Programme
Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Gene Kelly, Peter Lawford, Liza Minnelli, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Mickey Rooney, Frank Sinatra, James Stewart, Elizabeth Taylor, and many more; dir:Jack Haley Jr. [36pp, 8.5x11; over 80 photos (many in colour), articles, commentary, credits etc.; slightly rumpled, else VG] £4
1974: GOLD (Avton Films/Killarney Film Studios) Souvenir Programme
Roger Moore, Susannah York, Ray Milland, John Gielgud, Simon Sabela, Bradford Dillman, Bernard Horsfall; dr:Peter Hunt, prod:Michael Klinger [16pp, 11.75x12 (large size); 30+ photos etc.; VG] £5
1975: FUNNY LADY (Columbia Pictures Corporation/Rastar Pictures/Vista) Souvenir Programme
Barbra Streisand, James Caan, Omar Sharif, Roddy McDowall, Ben Vereen; dir:Herbert Ross [36pp, 8.5x11; 50+ photos (many in colour), biographies of the leading players (w.photos), cast list, credits; nominated for 5 Oscars in 1976; light vertical crease, else VG] £3
1977: THE TURNING POINT (Hera Productions/Twentieth Century-Fox) Souvenir Programme
Shirley MacLaine, Anne Bancroft, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Leslie Browne, Tom Skerritt, Martha Scott, Anthony Zerbe, Marshall Thompson, Alexandra Danilova, Antoinette Sibley, Starr Danias, James Mitchell; dir:Herbert Ross [20pp, 9x12; 20+ production photos, biographies of 8 leading players (w.photos), articles, cast list, credits etc.; nominated for 11 Oscars in 1978; VG] £4
1978: SUPERMAN THE MOVIE (Alexander Salkind/Dovemead Films/Film Export A.G./International Film Production) Souvenir Programme
Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper, Glenn Ford, Trevor Howard, Margot Kidder, Maria Schell, Terence Stamp, Susannah York, Harry Andrews, Larry Lamb, Oz Clarke, Brian Protheroe, David Calder, Larry Hagman, Norman Warwick, Mark Wynter; dir:Richard Donner [24pp, 8.25x11; 23 colour production photos, 15 colour portraits and biographies of the leading players etc.; nominated for 3 Oscars; very slightly rumpled, else VG] £5
1978: THE WIZ (Motown Productions/Universal Pictures) Souvenir Programme
Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Ted Ross, Mabel King, Theresa Merritt, Thelma Carpenter, Lena Horne, Richard Pryor, Stanley Greene; dir:Sidney Lumet [20pp, 9x12; 35+ photos (many in colour), articles, biographies, production notes, full cast list, credits etc.; VG] £5
1979: ALL THAT JAZZ (Columbia Pictures/Twentieth Century-Fox) Souvenir Programme
Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange, Leland Palmer, Ann Reinking, Cliff Gorman, John Lithgow, Nicole Fosse, Wallace Shawn; dir: Bob Fosse [20pp, 8.5x11; 15+ production photos, biographies of the leading players w.photos, articles, cast list, credits etc.; won 4 Oscars in 1980; VG] £3
1987: LITTLE DORRIT A Story Told in Two Films (Sands Films) Souvenir Brochure
Derek Jacobi, Joan Greenwood, Max Wall, Miriam Margolyes, Harold Innocent, Alec Guinness, Cyril Cusack, Pauline Quirke, John McEnery, Eleanor Bron, Alan Bennett, Betty Marsden, Paul Rhys and many others; introduction by John Carey, 80+ excellent colour production photos from the film, full cast list, 11 further photographs etc. [52pp, 6.75x9; uncommon; VG] £5