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Auction History Result 7y597 ALGIERS pressbook R53 Charles Boyer loves sexiest Hedy Lamarr, but he can't leave the Casbah! Date Sold 4/7/2013 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A 1953 Re-Release Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 11" x 17" [28 x 43 cm]; 4 pages) (Learn More) Algiers, the 1938 John Cromwell romantic film noir ("You've got a date with danger.... A rendezvous with romance in glamorous, mysterious Algiers. A drama of the street of a thousand doors, a thousand smiling eyes, a thousand thrills."; based on the novel by Henri La Barthe with "additional dialogue by James M. Cain"; virtually a word-for-word remake of the Jean Gabin French classic, "Pepe Le Moko"; set in the Casbah where a master thief is lured to his doom because of his love for a beautiful woman) starring Charles Boyer (nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award for this film; "As 'Pepe le Moko.' He ruled the Casbah, every man his enemy - every woman his slave!"), Sigrid Gurie, Hedy Lamarr ("as 'Gaby' - a woman with a past who lived the way men taught her to... Shamelessly!"), Joseph Calleia, Alan Hale Sr., Gene Lockhart (nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film), Madame Nina Koshetz, Johnny Downs, and Stanley Fields 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 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 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: good to very good, NO CUTS. There is a long diagonal crease in the lower left of the front cover which runs through all the pages. Learn More about condition grades 
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