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Auction History Result 5r0031 FRANCIS THE TALKING MULE pressbook 1949 art of Donald O'Connor, Patricia Medina & donkey! Date Sold 12/21/2023 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 12" x 18" [30 x 46 cm]; 20 pages) (Learn More) Francis (best remembered today as "Francis the Talking Mule", but that is not the actual film title!), the 1950 Arthur Lubin World War II (WWII) military screwball fantasy comedy ("The funniest film surprise in 5 years!"; "You'll remember... 'Francis' as long as you can LAUGH!"; "Adapted from the novel by David Stern"; "From the riotous book the G.I.'s loved 'Francis' by David Stern"; the first in this extremely popular series of silly comedies) starring Donald O'Connor, Patricia Medina, Zasu Pitts, Ray Collins, John McIntire, Tony Curtis, and Chill Wills (as the voice of Francis the Talking Mule), and Francis ("the TALKING Army MULE!"; "The old Army Mule who Talks!") NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have previously auctioned four examples of this pressbook, but only one in the last 14 years! 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 received 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: good to very good, NO CUTS. The pressbook is complete and uncut. It was folded across the middle. Learn More about condition grades 
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