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Auction History Result 2t0557 CASEY AT THE BAT French pressbook 1927 art of Wallace Beery, baseball, posters shown, rare! Date Sold 8/30/2022 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical French Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 8 1/2" x 12 1/4" [22 x 31 cm]; 8 pages) (Learn More) Casey at the Bat, the 1927 Monte Brice silent New York Major League Baseball sports comedy ("Story by Hector Turnbull"; very loosely based on the classic poem by Ernest Lawrence Thayer) starring Wallace Beery (in the title role as 'Home Run' Casey), Ford Sterling, Zasu Pitts, Sterling Holloway, and Spec O'Donnell. Note that this movie owes as much to the larger-than-life Babe Ruth as it does to the classic poem! In it, Casey is a mighty home run hitter, who is signed by the New York Giants, and he starts to live the high life, buying drinks for everyone and romancing showgirls. At the climax of the movie, he comes to bat, and just like the Casey of the poem, he strikes out, but it turns out that the ball was doctored, and the result of the game is overturned! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this pressbook may have been removed from a large French exhibitor manual for this year, both because it has a number in the top right corner and because it has slight surface paper loss at the back of the spine. However, it IS the complete pressbook, which does show poster images from this movie, and it would only be that it was also included in an exhibitor book in addition to being printed separately as a pressbook. Also note that we have never before auctioned this French pressbook! Condition: good to very good, NO CUTS. Learn More about condition grades 
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