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Auction History Result 3x524 UNDER SECRET ORDERS English pressbook 1943 Erich von Stroheim, Dita Parlo, WWI spy ring! Date Sold 1/28/2018 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical English Movie Pressbook (English pb; measures 12" x 18 1/2" [30 x 47 cm]; 14 pages). Also included is an ad supplement that has one page. (Learn More) Under Secret Orders, the 1937 (released in the U.S. in 1943) Edmond T. Greville English World War I (WWI) military spy espionage thriller ("A gripping expose of a most sinister spy ring!"; about a German spy during World War I who, just before he is killed by British agents, tells the secrets he has discovered to his girlfriend, and she becomes a spy, very successfully, but then she begins to question if she is on the right side) starring Dita Parlo, John Loder, Erich von Stroheim (billed on U.S. posters as "Erich Stroheim"), Claire Luce, and Gyles Isham. Note that this movie was inspired by the life of female German spy, Elsbeth Schragmuller, who was known as Fraulein Doktor, and not only was she a very successful spy, but she also recruited and trained Mata Hari among others! Finally, note that when this movie was made in England in 1937, there was not enough interest in it for a U.S. release. But in 1943, during World War II, a U.S. distributor released it, and they gave Erich von Stroheim top billing, even though he gets killed early in the movie, and they billed him as "Erich Stroheim", likely due to the anti-German sentiments of the time. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this is a "country of origin" item for this English movie! Also 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 is complete and uncut. It is folded across the middle, and there is masking tape on the spine. Learn More about condition grades 
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