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Auction History Result 6t005 BAT pressbook 1926 Jack Pickford, Louise Fazenda, a comedy mystery drama, ultra rare! Date Sold 5/29/2018 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 9 3/4" x 12 3/4" [25 x 32 cm]; 17 pages). Also included is an ad supplement that has 8 pages, and also a herald that has 4 pages. (Learn More) The Bat, the 1926 Roland West silent crime horror mystery melodrama ("A comedy mystery drama by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood"; "From the stage play produced by Wagenhals and Kemper"; about a group of people who are guests of a mystery writer at a spooky old house, and a master criminal dresses up as a giant bat and terrorizes everyone!; to make the movie more "spooky", almost all the scenes were shot at night) starring Jack Pickford, Louise Fazenda, Eddie Gribbon, George Beranger, and Charles Herzinger. Note that the director virtually remade the movie in a sound version four years later as "The Bat Whispers". NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have never before auctioned this pressbook! Like most United Artists pressbooks from this period, it was sent in a printed envelope, and it does not have a regular "cover" like most pressbooks, although the first page serves as a cover substitute. Also note that when studios would prepare pressbooks they would often include a sample of the herald. Most often, the herald is no longer still with the pressbook. Sometimes, the herald by itself will sell for almost as much as the rest of the entire pressbook! This pressbook contains the original herald which is pictured next to the pressbook below. Also note that pressbooks were prepared prior to a movie being released. Often, changes would be made in a movie advertising campaign (billing of actors, different images, etc.), and the theaters would print up special supplements that they would send out with the pressbooks that had already been printed. These supplements are very rare, far more rare than the pressbooks themselves! Some pressbooks would have no supplements, some would have one, and some would have several. Almost every Academy Award winning movie would have a special "Academy Award winner" supplement. Also note that we have provided an image of the front and back covers of this pressbook, and of course, the winner of this auction will receive the entire single pressbook we are auctioning (plus any supplements or heralds described above)! Finally, 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: very good, NO CUTS. This pressbook is complete and uncut, and it was never folded. The front and back of the printed envelope and the first and last page of the pressbook itself are separated at the spine, but otherwise, the pressbook is in pretty good condition, especially considering its age! Learn More about condition grades 
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