Biggers SEVEN KEYS TO BALDPATE 1913 StagePlay

Description: eBay Listing - Newport Vintage Books - Earl Derr Biggers - Seven Keys to Baldpate StagePlay Edition Seven Keys to Baldpate - StagePlay Edition [1913 Broadway Play written by George M. Cohan] Digitally Remastered Dustjacket Only [Book is NOT included] Earl Derr Biggers © 1913 Bobbs Merrill - Grosset & Dunlap Printing - Mystery Thriller High Quality Digitally Remastered Laser Reproduction of Original Dustjacket Featuring the beautiful artwork of Frank Snapp, this panoramic design spreads across the front panel, spine & rear panel and even extends onto the dustjacket flaps. We will be offering a selection of several digitally remastered dustjackets in our eBay listings !! Here is a nice opportunity to enjoy the original artwork while saving on the cost of an original dustjacket. See my listings for more. Several different classic PhotoPlay & mystery jackets available. This Earl Derr Biggers title is also available in two later Grosset & Dunlap printings referred to as "PhotoPlay Editions" ... the 1925 Paramount Pictures film starring Douglas MacLean & Edith Roberts; ... the 1929 RKO Pictures film starring Richard Dix & Miriam Seegar. All digitally remastered dustjackets are shipped in a removable, Brodart or Demco archival dustjacket protector, and are ready to place on your book. Important: The original Grosset & Dunlap printings from the 1920s-30s measured 7 5/8" in height [as is this remastered dustjacket]. Due to their continued success, Grosset & Dunlap reissued the most popular titles under their Madison Square imprint. These 1940s reissues are typically taller at 8 1/4" in height. Please double-check your book before ordering! Due to the scarcity of this dustjacket, I have added an embossed digital watermark to these images to avoid unauthorized duplication. The embossed watermark will NOT appear over the artwork on the front panel. The counter-stamps identifying this as a reproduction WILL appear discretely on the flaps only. About Title: Baldpate is an inn, perched high and lonely on a mountain side. In summer it is a scene of gayety; in winter it stands desolate and deserted. But there are seven keys opening seven of the Baldpate doors, which in various ways, come into the possession of seven people, who, for various reasons, desire solitude; and they all seek it, by means of the keys in their possession, during the same week in December. First among these solitude-seekers is a young novelist, who having won a popular reputation by the writing of melodrama, desires to escape from all thought of the adventurous, only to find himself plunged into real melodrama of the most exciting order. The stage version is a phenomenal success. About Series: Charlie Chan was featured as the famous detective in six novels by Earl Derr Biggers written between 1925 and 1932. He would be immortalized in 44 films on Hollywood's silver screen, most notably by Sidney Toler (1874-1947), Warner Oland (1880-1938) & Roland Winters (1904-89). About Author: Earl Derr Biggers (1884-1933), born in Warren, Ohio, was the creator of the famous Charlie Chan character. Charlie Chan was loosely based on the real life exploits of two Chinese detectives from Honolulu -- Chang Apana and Lee Fook. About Play: This play was written by George M. Cohan from the novel by Earl Derr Biggers. The play was performed at the Astor Theatre on Broadway between Sept. 22, 1913 to June 1914. [Citation: Internet Broadway Database - IBDB] Novelist Billy Magee makes a bet with a wealthy friend that he can write a 10,000 word story within 24 hours. He retires to a summer mountain resort named Baldpate Inn, in the dead of winter, and locks himself in, believing he has the sole key. However he is visited during the night by a rapid succession of other people (melodrama stock types), including a corrupt politician, a crooked cop, a hermit, a feisty girl reporter, a gang of criminals, etc., none of whom have any trouble getting into the remote inn—there appear to be seven keys to Baldpate. Magee gets no work done, instead being drawn into the hijinks of the other visitors. He eventually foils a plot by the crooks to steal money from the hotel safe that is earmarked for a city street railroad deal, and he falls in love with the reporter. He observes derisively that all of these complicated incidents and characters are ones that he has written over and over again. Just before midnight, he finds out that everyone is an actor hired to perpetrate a hoax, orchestrated by Magee's friend to keep him from completing the story. In the epilogue, the inn is empty, and a typewriter is clattering upstairs: Magee has finished his story before midnight and won the bet. He reveals that nothing had happened during the 24 hours; all the preceding melodrama, including the actors and hoax, constitute the story. [Citation: Wikipedia]

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