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Auction History Result 5h315 CHRISTIAN THE LION pressbook 1977 Bill Travers & the Born Free legend grows! Date Sold 10/9/2011 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1972 Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 11" x 17"; 6 pages). Also included is an ad supplement that has 1 page (Learn More) The Lion at World's End (released theatrically in the U.S. in 1977 as "Christian the Lion"), the 1971 Bill Travers English adventure documentary ("Love... Laughter... Adventure... and the 'Born Free' legend grows") featuring Bill Travers, Virginia McKenna, George Adamson, John Rendall, Anthony Bourke, Terrence Adamson, "and the Lions" Christian, Boy, Katinia, Mona, Lisa, Juma, Jessica, and Supercub. Note that this film was shown on television (TV) in the U.S. in 1972 under the original title, but did not get a theatrical release until 1977 (as "Christian the Lion"). Also, note that Christian was born in captivity and purchased by John Rendall and Anthony 'Ace' Bourke from Harrods department store in London in 1969. However, Christian's growing size and the increasing cost of his care led the men to realize that they could not keep him in London. When Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna (stars of the film Born Free) visited the men and met Christian, they suggested that they ask the assistance of George Adamson. Adamson, a Kenyan conservationist, who together with his wife Joy raised and released Elsa the lioness (the story told in the film Born Free), agreed to reintegrate Christian into the wild at their compound in the Kora National Reserve. One year after Adamson released Christian to the wild, his former owners decided to go looking for him to see whether Christian would remember them. He did, and with him were two lionesses who accepted the men as well. A video of the reunion has been shared on social media millions of times! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: 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)! Also note that this pressbook is complete and uncut! Given that theater owners purchased pressbooks partly in order to create their newspaper advertising, and quite frequently cut them up for that purpose, it is rare to find a pressbook that IS complete and uncut! Condition: very good, NO CUTS. The pages are separated at the bottom half of the spine but the pressbook is otherwise in pretty nice condition! Learn More about condition grades 
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