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Auction History Result c121 NEVER SAY DIE glass slide '39 Hope, Martha Raye Date Sold 8/9/2005Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Glass Slide (measures approximately 3" x 4") (Learn More) Never Say Die, the 1939 Elliott Nugent romantic love triangle screwball comedy ("The funniest Romance that ever chased away the blues!"; "Based on a play by William H. Post"; "Screen Play by Don Hartman, Frank Butler and Preston Sturges"; about a man dodging a widow with many dead husbands who wants to marry him, and he decides to instead marry a rich woman who has been told by her father that she has to marry into royalty) starring Martha Raye, Bob Hope, Andy Devine, Alan Mowbray, Gale Sondergaard, and Ernest Cossart. Note that this is a remake of a 1924 silent comedy starring Douglas Maclean! There is something fascinating about this movie! At the climax of the movie, Bob Hope is challenged to a duel, and Martha Raye helps him by bribing a man to leave one pistol unloaded, and she marks which one it is. She then tells Bob Hope which one it is and which one it is not, and it is a tongue twister, and his rival overhears, and they both try to repeat the phrase that will let them know which gun is which. If this sounds very familiar, it is because it was "borrowed" virtually in its entirety for the classic Danny Kaye movie, The Court Jester (it was improved on and done better in "The Court Jester", but it still was clearly stolen)! We note that the screenplay was co-written by Preston Sturges. We wonder if he was the writer of this comic duel scene. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Glass slides were designed to be put in a special projector that would project the image onto a movie screen (they use exactly the same concept as 35mm slides). We have taken a digital photo of each that shows the general condition of the overall slide and holder, and we have also made a digital scan that shows the glass image well, but does not show the holder (except as a dark outline). Condition: very good. Learn More about condition grades 
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