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Auction History Result 5s077 OSCAR pressbook '66 Stephen Boyd & Elke Sommer race for Hollywood's highest award! Date Sold 2/4/2014 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 11" x 15" [28 x 38 cm]; 16 pages). Also included is a herald that has 4 pages. (Learn More) The Oscar, the 1966 Russell Rouse Los Angeles Hollywood California movie acting award melodrama ("This is the story of the dreamers and the schemers... The hustlers and the hopefuls... The free-loaders and the phonies... The fakers and the famous... All fighting for the highest possible award!"; "The breath-taking race for Hollywood's highest award!"; "Based on the novel by Richard Sale"; about cutthroat actors competing for a Best Actor Academy Award; a curious footnote is that the screenplay was co-written by famous science fiction [sci-fi] writer Harlan Ellison) starring Stephen Boyd, Elke Sommer, Milton Berle, Eleanor Parker, Joseph Cotten, Jill St. John, Tony Bennett (billed as "introducing Tony Bennett as Hymie Kelly"), Edie Adams and Ernest Borgnine NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that when studios would prepare pressbooks they would often include a sample of the herald. Most often, the herald is no longer still with the pressbook. Sometimes, the herald by itself will sell for almost as much as the rest of the entire pressbook! This pressbook contains the original herald that was included with it, and it is pictured next to the pressbook below. 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: good to very good, NO CUTS. The pressbook is complete and uncut. There is some scuffing on the covers. Learn More about condition grades 
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