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Auction History Result 4a562 CORSAIR pressbook '31 Chester Morris & pretty Thelma Todd, incredibly rare first release! Date Sold 1/10/2016 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 12" x 18" [30 x 46 cm]; 16 pages). Also included is an ad supplement that has 4 pages. (Learn More) Corsair, the 1931 Roland West business romantic crime thriller ("Roland West's thrilling production from the Liberty Magazine serial novel by Walton Green"; "Things began to happen when this football hero - became a pirate in flannels!") starring Chester Morris, Thelma Todd (billed as "Alison Loyd"), Fred Kohler, Ned Sparks, Frank McHugh, Mayo Methot, and William Austin. Note that Thelma Todd was billed under her real name when this movie was made in 1931. It was re-released in 1937 by Artcinema, and it they oddly did not bill Todd at all on any of their re-release posters or lobby cards (perhaps because Todd had tragically died in 1935), but she was prominently pictured on the 1937 re-release items. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: R.M. Bell Important Added Info: Note that original 1931 United Artists movie paper from this movie is extremely rare (no doubt because the movie received a re-release in 1937, and it is likely that all of the leftover 1931 paper was used at that time). This is an original 1931 United Artists pressbook! Note that pressbooks were prepared prior to a movie being released. Often, changes would be made in a movie advertising campaign (billing of actors, different images, etc.), and the theaters would print up special supplements that they would send out with the pressbooks that had already been printed. These supplements are very rare, far more rare than the pressbooks themselves! Some pressbooks would have no supplements, some would have one, and some would have several. Also note that we have provided an image of the front and back covers of this pressbook, and of course, the winner of this auction will receive the entire single pressbook we are auctioning (plus any supplements or heralds described above)! Condition: good, WITH CUTS. The pressbook has one small photo cut from the publicity section (it was a 1 1/2" x 2 1/2" image of Chester Morris that was blank on the reverse side). There is a tear and tiny paper loss in the bottom left of the front cover, with surface paper loss below that. The pressbook was folded across the middle. Other than the above, it is in pretty good condition. Learn More about condition grades 
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