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Auction History Result 2f043 SAINT JOAN pressbook '57 Jean Seberg, Otto Preminger, tons of Saul Bass art throughout! Date Sold 4/1/2010 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 13 1/4" x 18" [34 x 46 cm]; 20 pages) (Learn More) Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan, the 1957 Otto Preminger historical English/U.S. France biographical melodrama ("For the first time on the screen Otto Preminger presents Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan"; "Screenplay by Graham Greene"; based on the life of the famous French heroine Joan D'Arc, or Joan of Arc as she is also known; adapted from the play by George Bernard Shaw, with a screenplay by Graham Greene) starring Richard Widmark, Richard Todd, Anton Walbrook, John Gielgud, Jean Seberg (in the title role as St. Joan of Arc; in her very first movie role!), Felix Aylmer, Harry Andrews, Barry Jones Finlay Currie, Bernard Miles, Patrick Barr, Kenneth Haigh, Archie Duncan, Margot Grahame, Francis de Wolff, Victor Maddern, David Oxley, Sydney Bromley, and David Langton. Note that director Otto Preminger conducted a major search for the lead actress for this movie, and Jean Seberg was finally selected, and she was only 17 when she won, but was 18 when the movie was filmed! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Saul Bass Important Added Info: Note that there is a 2-page spread in this oversized pressbook that gives tons of information and images about the nationwide search that Otto Preminger conducted, which resulted in the selection of Jean Seberg for the lead role (and it also pictures the special "audition" 30x40 on those two pages! Also note that we have provided an image of the front and back covers of the pressbook, plus an image of an inside spread, but of course, the winner of this auction will receive the entire single pressbook we are selling (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. Learn More about condition grades 
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