Nov 5, 2025 10:00 EST
Stage & Screen featuring The Estate of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
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The rare original Paris Theatre program from the first screenings of Grey Gardens
GREY GARDENS
The rare original Paris Theatre program from the first screenings of Grey Gardens. New York, Paris Theatre, 1976. The original program for the Maysles Brothers film with a green printed pictorial wrapper, 6 pp., photographically illustrated, 9 x 6 inches. Some light handling wear, minor spots to white areas on back cover.
The rare program for Grey Gardens, one of the most popular and influential documentaries ever made. The program features early reviews of the film, production stills, and even a photograph depicting the Beales with filmmakers David and Albert Maysles. In 1972, Lee Radziwill, the sister of Jacqueline Kennedy Onnasis and first cousin to the Beales (all born as Bouviers), suggested the Maysles Brothers visit East Hampton to make a documentary about her idyllic childhood summers there. Introduced to the Beales through a visit to their once-grand Georgica Pond home, Grey Gardens, the Maysles Brothers scrapped the documentary on Radziwill and returned to East Hampton in 1974 to film what became Grey Gardens. Controversial and influential from its first release, as some claimed the Maysles Brothers exploited the Beales, who were struggling financially and with mental illness, to which Albert Maysles has replied, "as someone with a background in psychology, I knew better than to claim [the Beales] were mentally ill. Their behavior was just their way of asserting themselves. And what could be a better way to assert themselves than a film about them asserting themselves? Nothing more, nothing less. It’s just them. They were always in control" (Alex Simon, "Albert Maysles: Gimme Some Truth" in The Hollywood Interview, 10 April 2014). This pamphlet is rare, before the success of the film made Grey Gardens an oft-parodied cult classic, and evocative of the mid-'70s era that gave rise to the direct cinema approach of American filmmaking.
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GREY GARDENS
The rare original Paris Theatre program from the first screenings of Grey Gardens. New York, Paris Theatre, 1976. The original program for the Maysles Brothers film with a green printed pictorial wrapper, 6 pp., photographically illustrated, 9 x 6 inches. Some light handling wear, minor spots to white areas on back cover.
The rare program for Grey Gardens, one of the most popular and influential documentaries ever made. The program features early reviews of the film, production stills, and even a photograph depicting the Beales with filmmakers David and Albert Maysles. In 1972, Lee Radziwill, the sister of Jacqueline Kennedy Onnasis and first cousin to the Beales (all born as Bouviers), suggested the Maysles Brothers visit East Hampton to make a documentary about her idyllic childhood summers there. Introduced to the Beales through a visit to their once-grand Georgica Pond home, Grey Gardens, the Maysles Brothers scrapped the documentary on Radziwill and returned to East Hampton in 1974 to film what became Grey Gardens. Controversial and influential from its first release, as some claimed the Maysles Brothers exploited the Beales, who were struggling financially and with mental illness, to which Albert Maysles has replied, "as someone with a background in psychology, I knew better than to claim [the Beales] were mentally ill. Their behavior was just their way of asserting themselves. And what could be a better way to assert themselves than a film about them asserting themselves? Nothing more, nothing less. It’s just them. They were always in control" (Alex Simon, "Albert Maysles: Gimme Some Truth" in The Hollywood Interview, 10 April 2014). This pamphlet is rare, before the success of the film made Grey Gardens an oft-parodied cult classic, and evocative of the mid-'70s era that gave rise to the direct cinema approach of American filmmaking.
Auction: Stage & Screen featuring The Estate of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Nov 5, 2025
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Popular Stage & Screen Auction on November 5, 2025 Attracted Global Audience
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Memorabilia, Autographs, Artwork & Photographs Celebrating Theater, Hollywood, Music and Dance
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Archive of Samuel Beckett Material from the Estate of His American Director Alan Schneider Topped $75,000
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Sale Featured a Special Section Devoted to the Estate of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
NEW YORK, NY -- Doyle's popular Stage & Screen auction on November 5, 2025 attracted fans and collectors around the world vying for an exciting range of offerings celebrating the performing arts of Theater, Hollywood, Music and Dance.
The Estate of Alan Schneider
Featured in the sale was fascinating collection of early Waiting for Godot material from the Estate of Alan Schneider that topped $75,000 amid trans-Atlantic competition. “The primary American director of Samuel Beckett plays” and a close friend of the playwright, Alan Schneider died in 1984, and his widow died at 101 this past summer. This remarkable archive offered an extraordinary glimpse into the creative partnership between Schneider and Beckett, spanning decades of groundbreaking theatrical work. Highlights included Schneider’s annotated working copy of Waiting for Godot used in the landmark American production, an inscribed typescript of Eh Joe, and first editions and presentation copies of Endgame and Happy Days, many personally inscribed to Schneider by Beckett. Other treasures included manuscripts, letters, awards, recordings and posters that document a pivotal collaboration in modern theater history. Read more
The Estate of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
Doyle was honored to offer a sequel to the successful 2011 auction of property from the estate of the legendary actor. Featured in the sale were artwork, furniture, photographs and memorabilia. Read More.
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