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Auction History Result 8d285 MILLIE English pressbook 1931 Helen Twelvetrees as mother who kills man with good reason! Date Sold 7/16/2017 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical English Movie Pressbook (English pb; measures 11 1/4" x 17 1/2" [29 x 44 cm]; 4 pages) (Learn More) Millie, the 1931 John Francis Dillon romantic murder melodrama ("The right girl who met the wrong men"; "Radio's electrifying sensation"; a small town girl marries a successful business man and has a daughter, and after they separate, her life does not go well, and years later, she discovers that one of her former boyfriends is trying to seduce her now-17 year-old daughter, and she shoots him, but the jury acquits her when they learn the entire story) starring Helen Twelvetrees, Lilyan Tashman, Robert Ames, James Hall, John Halliday, Joan Blondell, and Anita Louise. Note that this movie was inspired by a real life 1930 murder case in Europe. In 1931, it was adapted into this movie, but even in those pre-Code times, the details of the case had to be altered. In 1935, producers Arnold Pressburger and Gregor Rabinovitch decided to make a German version, "Mazurka", and they hired Pola Negri to come over from the U.S., where her career was winding down. The movie ran into trouble, probably partially because Pressburger and Rabinovitch were "not Aryan" (they would soon both leave Germany), and partially because it was rumored that Negri had had an affair with Hitler, and Goebbels was afraid her making a movie in Germany could cause a scandal, but the movie was made, and everyone agreed it was excellent. Warner Bros. liked "Mazurka" so much that they bought the rights to it, intending to have Bette Davis star in the American version of it, but it ended up starring Kay Francis, and it was called "Confession", and released in 1937. It was almost a scene-by-scene remake of this original German version, and Warner Bros. bought the American rights to the movie and did not allow it to be shown in the U.S., for fear that it would hurt "Confession". But this movie, "Millie", was the very first movie based on this notorious murder case, and was made just a year after the actual murder! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have provided an image of the front and back covers of this English 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)! Also note that this English pressbook is complete and uncut! Given that theater owners purchased 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: poor to fair, NO CUTS. Only three pages of the pressbook are present. We don't know how many pages there originally were, because we have never seen another! But the back cover of this pressbook has the English poster images, which are really cool (see our image). However, do not bid on this pressbook unless you can accept that only three of the original pages are present. In addition, there is surface paper loss on the back cover that affects the bottom of the 48-sheet and some tears and paper loss around the edges of the back cover. Learn More about condition grades 
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