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Auction History Result 6c158 ROPE pressbook 1948 Alfred Hitchcock classic, James Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger, rare! Date Sold 5/3/2018 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Pressbook (pb; measures 11 1/4" x 17 1/4" [29 x 44 cm]; 38 pages) (Learn More) Alfred Hitchcock's Rope (released outside the U.S. as "The Rope"), the classic 1948 Alfred Hitchcock New York City crime murder thriller ("Nothing ever held you like Alfred Hitchcock's ROPE"; "It begins with a shriek, It ends with a shot! From beginning to end nothing ever held you like Alfred Hitchcock's Rope"; "Screen play by Arthur Laurents"; "From the play by Patrick Hamilton"; loosely based on the Leopold/Loeb child murder trial; this movie had a gimmick in that the entire movie took place in what appears to be one extremely long "take"; to me, it just made it seem like watching a stage play, and took away what differentiates a movie from a stage play!) starring James Stewart (Jimmy Stewart), John Dall, Farley Granger, Cedric Hardwicke (billed as "Sir Cedric Hardwicke"), Constance Collier, Joan Chandler, (in her second movie role; one of only three movies she did in her entire career!) Douglas Dick, Dick Hogan, and Edith Evanson. Note that this was Hitchcock's first color film. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we previously auctioned an example of this pressbook that was slightly different than this one. The difference is that this one has an extra outer cover that is printed on a brown paper stock like what you would make paper bags out of, and it is attached to the outside of the regular pressbook, and it is slightly larger, so it goes over the edges of the regular covers. We don't know if this was on all pressbooks, or perhaps it was only on ones for major theaters. In any event, it is a cool addition to the pressbook! 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 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: very good, NO CUTS. The pressbook is complete and uncut. The added covers are separated in the top half of the spine and have some tiny paper loss and tiny tears around the edges. The regular pressbook inside of it is in nice condition. Learn More about condition grades 
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