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Auction History Result 8t011 MISLEADING WIDOW pressbook '19 Billie Burke reports her husband dead, but he is not, lost! Date Sold 7/26/2016 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 10 1/2" x 15 1/2" [27 x 39 cm]; 20 pages) (Learn More) The Misleading Widow, the 1919 John S. Robertston silent romantic comedy farce ("Adapted From 'Billeted' By F. Tennyson Jesse and H.M. Harwood"; "Scenario by Frances Marion"; "The typewriter used by Miss Burke is a Corona, the personal writing machine"; about a woman who runs up huge bills buying fancy clothes, and to pay her debts, she reports her husband dead, and collects the insurance, but he has not actually died, only left, and she begins renting a room to a bachelor, and her husband returns disguised and rents another room, and she has romantic and legal complications dealing with the two men and a busybody scandalized neighbor!) starring Billie Burke ("By Arrangement with Florenz Ziegfeld Jr."), James Crane, Frank Mills, Madelyn Clare, and Fred Hearn. Billie Burke was a top star who was married to Florenz Ziegfeld, so that explains why she was credited in the above way. And of course, two decades later, she would become Glinda the Good Witch in The Wizard of Oz! Note that this is a "lost" film which means that no surviving copies are thought to exist. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this is one of a remarkable group of 21 silent Paramount pressbooks that were in a bound volume. Each was carefully removed, so there is slight paper loss at the spine (and likely the other three borders were slightly trimmed to make them even, but only blank border areas were affected), and otherwise, most of the pressbooks are in really nice condition, although two have cuts, which are of course noted (and of course, the chances of finding these in any condition are very slim!). We are auctioning all 21 of these, in 21 separate auctions. Also 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. The pressbook is complete and uncut. It was removed from a bound volume (see above). There are smudges in the white areas of the cover. There is a faint stain in the upper right blank border of all pages. Otherwise, the pressbook is in really nice condition, and the pages are not at all fragile. Learn More about condition grades 
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