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#188 SOMETHING OF VALUE pb '57 Poitier

Date Sold 8/28/2001
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Original Vintage Theatrical Pressbook (Measures 12" x 17"; 30 pages). (Learn More)

Something of Value, the 1957 Richard Brooks Africa race relations melodrama ("The famed book of Mau-Mau uprising, filmed in Africa under military protection."; "Filmed under military protection in Africa!"; "The most dangerous big-game in Africa ...Man!"; "Robert Ruark's startling story of Mau-Mau uprising filmed by M-G-M under military protection in Africa!"; "Based on the Book 'Something of Value' by Robert Ruark"; about brutal Mau Mau warfare in Kenya) starring Rock Hudson, Dana Wynter, Sidney Poitier, Wendy Hiller, Juano Hernandez, William Marshall, Robert Beatty, Walter Fitzgerald, Michael Pate, Ivan Dixon, Ken Renard, Samadu Jackson, Frederick O'Neal, and John J. Akar
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Important Added Info: Note that MGM downplayed the black actors in this film in their posters. However this pressbook has several pictures of Poitier, as well as an article headlined "Top Negro Players of Stage Screen and TV Seen in 'Something of Value'".

Condition: very good to fine. There are a few minor scuffs and stains throughout the cover.
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