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Auction History Result 7t159 THREE GODFATHERS pressbook '36 romantic close up of Chester Morris & Irene Hervey & cool art! Date Sold 5/6/2014 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 13 3/4" x 19 3/4" [35 x 50 cm]; 16 pages) (Learn More) Three Godfathers, the 1936 Richard Boleslawski cowboy western ("Peter B. Kyne's great outdoor romance!"; about bank robbers who kill a man during a holdup, and they escape into the desert, and they find a woman who is giving birth, and she dies, but when they learn that the father was the man they killed, they feel it is their duty to get the baby to safety, but it is all they can do to save themselves) starring Chester Morris, Walter Brennan, Lewis Stone, Irene Hervey, Sidney Toler, Dorothy Tree, Roger Imhof, and Jean Kircher (as the baby). Note that the very first adaptation was by Broncho Billy Anderson in 1915's "Broncho Billy and the Baby", followed by another version a year later under the source novel's name, followed by a third version called "Marked Men" in 1919. The first sound version was titled "Hell's Heroes" and directed by William Wyler in 1929, and then it was remade twice more, both times under the source novel's name, in 1936 (this version), and in 1948. The 1948 version featured John Wayne, and the novel not directly remade again since that time, although other movies borrowed elements of the plot. Also note that movie paper of any kind from this early sound version of this movie is extremely scarce. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that MGM, being the foremost studio of the 1930s felt they did not need to create wonderful posters for their movies, because they had so many top stars, so often their 1930s posters have simple artwork against a white background with a duotone photo of the top stars! However, they knew that they needed theater owners to book their movies, so they spent quite a bit more money on their pressbooks, often making them close to window card size, with an exact color recreation of the window card image on the cover of the pressbook, and the posters on the back cover in full color, and often a full-color sample herald, "tipped in" to the inside of one of the covers! 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 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: fair, NO CUTS. The pressbook is complete and uncut. However, the interiors of MGM pressbooks from this period were printed on a newsprint that was exactly like what was used in newspapers at that time, and it almost always ages terribly, resulting in incredibly brittle insides. The color covers were printed on a better paper, but they tend to chip around the edges. This pressbook also has tears and paper loss around the edges of the cover, but is not quite as fragile as the interior pages. Learn More about condition grades 
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