[JOHNSON, Nunnally]

Theatre Magazine and Stage Magazine

A collection of Theatre Magazine and Stage Magazine. The issues are bound, with original covers, into hardcover volumes, each of which collect six months worth of issues. Collected by screenwriter, producer and director, Nunally Johnson. 56 volumes, quarto, illustrated, custom-bound into cloth with Johnson's name printed on the front board of each volume. A fine set, lacking several issues, the run spans 1905 to 1939, featuring articles and numerous photographs of the then-popular stars of stage and opera, as well as news of films, and film actors. Most issues also contain summaries, or extended excerpts from popular plays of the day, presumably many of these would represent the first, and in some cases, only printed appearances. Theatre Magazine changed its name to Stage Magazine in 1932.Nunally Johnson (1897-1977) started as a reporter on the Columbus Enquirer Sun, and later wrote stories for The Saturday Evening Post and other magazines. After a few of his stories were adapted to film, he moved to Hollywood in 1932 and began writing for the screen the following year. During the 1930s and 1940s he was consistently among film's best screenwriters, and was nominated for several Oscars, including his screenplay for The Grapes of Wrath (1940). During the 1950s he ventured into producing films and directed a few as well, including The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956) and The Three Faces of Eve (1957). Among the many other films he either wrote or wrote and produced were Jesse James, Tobacco Road, Roxie Hart, The Pied Piper, The Keys of the Kingdom, Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid, The Desert Fox, My Cousin Rachel, How to Marry a Millionaire, Night People, Black Widow, Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation, The World of Henry Orient, and his final film, The Dirty Dozen. List of Individual volumes:Theatre Magazine:Jan-June 1905July-December 1905Jan-June 1906July-December 1906Jan-June 1908July-December 1908July-December 1909July-December 1910Jan-June 1911July-December 1911Jan-June 1912July-December 1912Jan-June 1913July-December 1913Jan-June 1914July-December 1914Jan-June 1915July-December 1915Jan-June 1917July-Decmeber 1917Jan-June 1918July-December 1918Jan-June 1919July-December 1919Jan-June 1920July-December 1920Jan-June 1921July-December 1921Jan-June 1922July-December 1922Jan-June 1923July-December 1923Jan-June 1924July-December 1924Jan-June 1925Jan-June 1926July-December 1926Jan-June 1927July-December 1927Jan-June 1928July-December 1928Jan-June 1929July-December 1929Jan-June 1930July-December 1930Jan-April 1931Stage Magazine:May-September 1932October-December 1932Jan-June 1933July-December 1933Jan-June 1934July-December 1934Jan-June 1935July-December 1935Jan-June 1936July-December 1936.

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