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Auction History Result 4j147 BE YOURSELF pressbook 1930 Jewish singer Fanny Brice, boxer Robert Armstrong, Gruelle art! Date Sold 2/20/2018 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 a herald that has 4 pages. (Learn More) Be Yourself!, the 1930 Thornton Freeland boxing sports Jewish night club singer romantic love triangle musical comedy ("The all-singing, dancing, talking, laugh hit of the year!"; "All Talking"; "All Singing"; "Hear her sing 'When a Woman Loves a Man', 'Cookin' Breakfast for the One I Love', 'Kickin' a Hole in the Sky', 'I'm Sascha, The Passion of the Pasha'"; about a Jewish singer who gets involved romantically with a down-and-out boxer, and she becomes his manager!) starring Fanny Brice (billed as "Fannie Brice"), Robert Armstrong, Harry Green, G. Pat Collins, and Gertrude Astor. Note that Fanny Brice was a Jewish singer and actress (of stage, radio and film) from the 1920s to the 1950s. Her nose job in 1923 (caused by her wanting to appear less "ethnic") prompted one of Dorothy Parker's most famous quips: "Fanny Brice cut off her nose to spite her race". She only made a few movies, and some cameo appearances, and her greatest fame came from outside the movies. She was well known for playing "Baby Snooks" in radio comedies and her life was the subject of films such as Rose of Washington Square, Funny Girl and Funny Lady. Barbra Streisand won an Oscar for her portrayal of Brice in Funny Girl, and Streisand "borrowed" most of the plot for her "The Main Event" from this Fanny Brice movie! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Justin C. Gruelle Important Added Info: Note that, oddly, the poster pages are the inside back cover, and an interior page, so we have not pictured those pages, but the posters have a lot of cool artwork images, including at least one by Hap Hadley. Note that there is a "tipped in" herald (we have pictured the part that shows on the inside front cover, but we did not open it up). 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, NO CUTS. The pressbook is complete and uncut. It was folded across the middle and the covers and some of the pages are separated down the spine. There is also a tear on the cover and some on interior pages, and someone put clear tape on those tears. Learn More about condition grades 
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