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Auction History Result 5d062 SWING TIME pressbook '36 wonderful images of Fred Astaire dancing with Ginger Rogers, rare! Date Sold 3/12/2017 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; all items are contained in a folder that measures 13 1/2" x 17" [34 x 43 cm]). Included in the folder are two ad supplements that have 4 pages each, three that have 16 pages each, and one that has 24 pages, and there are also two heralds that have 4 pages each (Learn More) Swing Time, the 1936 George Stevens romantic love triangle musical dancing comedy ("With six new haunting melodies by Jerome Kern composer of 'Roberta'"; "Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers in the captivating climax of their gay young lives!..."; about a man and woman who are supposed to marry others, but they end up falling in love with each other) starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore, Helen Broderick, Eric Blore, Betty Furness, Georges Metaxa, and Dennis O'Keefe. Note that this was one of the nine wonderful movies that Astaire and Rogers made between 1933 and 1939 (they made one final movie, "The Barkleys of Broadway", thirteen years later in 1949). NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this pressbook, which we have never auctioned before, is one of the coolest and most elaborate pressbooks ever! RKO at this time did some really amazing pressbooks (including for the Disney features), and this is just as elaborate as any of those. It has a cover that is a giant folder with a spin wheel contained within it that allowed you to turn the wheel and see many different images of Astaire & Rogers dancing. It has two heralds (one a full-color one and one a newspaper style), plus six ad supplements covering different aspects of promoting the movie! See our many images to get a sense of just how cool this pressbook is! Condition: good to very good, NO CUTS. The covers are separated at the spine and there are tears and paper loss scattered down that area on both the front and back cover. There are some creases and bits of surface paper loss in the right border of the front cover. The heralds and the interior sections have slight rippling around the edges but are otherwise in pretty nice condition (see our images). Learn More about condition grades 
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