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WEST SIDE STORY ('61) WEST SIDE STORY ('61) promo brochure OR search current auctions Auction History Result 7d002 WEST SIDE STORY world premiere promo brochure '61 both Bob Peak & Joseph Caroff art! Date Sold 3/3/2013 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Promotional Movie Brochure (measures 9 1/4" x 12 1/4" [23 x 31 cm]; 6 pages) (Learn More) West Side Story, the classic 1961 Robert Wise & Jerome Robbins (winners of the Best Director Academy Award for this film) New York City romantic dance musical ("The screen achieves one of the great entertainments in the history of motion pictures"; "'Best Picture' Winner of 10 Academy Awards 1961"; "Based upon the stage play produced by Robert E. Griffith and Harold S. Prince" winner of the Best Picture Academy Award; with a sentimental script by Ernest Lehman, which borrows heavily from "Romeo & Juliet"; based on a book by Arthur Laurents) starring Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno (winner of the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for this film), and George Chakiris (winner of the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film). The wonderful music was by Leonard Bernstein and the equally wonderful lyrics were by Stephen Sondheim. Note that Natalie Wood's singing was dubbed by Marni Nixon (who had also dubbed The King and I and The Sound of Music), and Richard Beymer's singing was dubbed as well. Recordings exist of some of Natalie Wood's singing, and she absolutely would have been fine, but Hollywood demands perfection! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Bob Peak & Joseph Caroff Important Added Info: Note that this is the promo brochure that that was likely sent to exhibitors to try to get them to book this movie. It gives information about the world premiere in New York City on October 18, 1961, and the dates it then premiered in six other major cities in November and December, and then information about the general release in February of 1962, with great signed Bob Peak art on the inside three pages and with the classic Joseph Caroff art on the outside three pages. Note that we have pictured the front cover, the back cover, and the interior 3-page spread from this brochure. Condition: very good. There is a small tear in the right border of the front cover and scuffs scattered in the teal background areas. Learn More about condition grades 
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