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Auction History Result 6p759 ONE TOUCH OF VENUS pressbook '48 sexy Ava Gardner, Robert Walker, great full-length art! Date Sold 3/16/2014 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 12" x 18" [30 x 46 cm]; 8 pages) (Learn More) One Touch of Venus, the 1948 William A. Seiter & Gregory La Cava New York City romantic fantasy comedy ("Love's little busy body... And how you'll love to watch Her work!"; "All this.. plus that old gleam in her eyes!"; "Broadway's devastating musical delight... Brought joyously to the screen!"; "It's that blushless babe who invented love!"; "Thrill to the lifting hit tune 'Speak Low' and other gay songs!"; "She not only invented love... she's got all the patents panting!"; "Suggested by the novel, 'The Tinted Venus'"; "Book by S.J. Perelman and Ogden Nash"; "For your eyes... for your signs!"; "Based on the Musical Play"; "Music by Kurt Weill"; about a statue of Venus that comes to life and turns into gorgeous Ava Gardner, and makes life very difficult for Robert Walker!) starring Robert Walker, Ava Gardner (in the title role as Venus), Dick Haymes, Eve Arden, Olga San Juan, and Tom Conway. Note that the play this movie was based on introduced the wonderful haunting romantic song "Speak Low", written by Kurt Weill, with an assist from William Shakespeare, and in this movie, it is presented really well (although Ava Gardner had to be dubbed). 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: very good, NO CUTS. Learn More about condition grades 
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