eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 1p084 PRODIGAL pressbook 1955 art of sexiest Biblical Lana Turner & Edmond Purdom! Date Sold 10/24/2017Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 17" x 24 1/2" [43 x 62 cm]; 20 pages) (Learn More) The Prodigal, the 1955 Richard Thorpe religious Biblical romantic fantasy adventure melodrama ("Two Years In the Making! A Fortune to Produce!"; "The story of Woman's Beauty and Man's Temptation!"; "MGM's magnificent Cinemascope and Color Spectacle!"; "Adaptation From The Bible Story by Joe Breen Jr. and Samuel James Larsen"; an attempt to explain what happened to the Jewish son in Jesus' parable of the prodigal son, between the time when he left his father and returned penniless; the writers invented a story of him falling for a beautiful pagan priestess, who deceives him) starring Lana Turner (as Samarra), Edmund Purdom (as Micah), Louis Calhern, Audrey Dalton, James Mitchell, Neville Brand, Walter Hampden, Taina Elg, Francis L. Sullivan, Joseph Wiseman, and Sandy Descher (billed as "Sandra Descher") NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have provided an image of the front and back covers of this pressbook (if the back cover is not the poster page, we photographed the interior poster page), 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 and it was never folded. Learn More about condition grades
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