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Auction History Result #5603 13 GHOSTS pb '60 William Castle Date Sold 10/30/2003Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (measures 8 1/4" x 11 1/4"; 7 pages). Also included is an ad supplement that has 12 pages (Learn More) Thirteen Ghosts, the 1960 William Castle haunted house horror thriller ("13 times the Thrills! 13 times the Screams! 13 times the Fun!"; "See the ghosts in ectoplasmic color"; "13 Ghosts in Illusion-O!", which required the use of a 'ghost viewer', which allowed squeamish viewers to block out the ghosts, and thus avoid a potential heart attack; "See the ghosts in ectoplasmic color"; "A ghost for every member of the family!"; "Free! Free! Free! Ghost Viewer"; "Ghost Viewer given to each patron during the chill-n-thrill engagement of 13 Ghosts at this theatre! You can't see the ghosts without a Ghost Viewer!"; "See! See! See!"; "in Illusion-O!"; "Yes, 13 times the entertainment when you use the new ghost-viewer FREE to everyone who sees the movie!"; "Written by Robb White") starring Charles Herbert, Jo Morrow, Martin Milner, Rosemary DeCamp, Donald Woods, Margaret Hamilton, and John Van Dreelen. Note that this movie (like many of William Castle's) had a gimmick where they provided you with a "ghost viewer". You could look through the red part to see the ghosts, or, if you were too scared, you could look through the blue part and then you would not be "terrified" by the ghosts! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: 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. Note that this pressbook is part of an amazing collection of 456 different horror/sci-fi pressbooks (our items #5387 through #5842)! The collector who assembled this collection did so over a span of several decades, and to duplicate it would surely take at least that long, if one started today. But on October 30th, every one of these pressbooks will go to a new owner, as all are being sold with NO reserve. Note that this collection spans the years from 1950 to 1972, and just about every single 1950s and 1960s horror/sci-fi movie is represented here. Also note that we have listed them in DATE order (first by year, and then alphabetically within years). This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to acquire rare pressbooks that almost never are offered for sale! Condition: very good. Note that this pressbook is complete and uncut! Since pressbooks were INTENDED to be cut up (the theater owners would cut out the newspaper ads to run in their local papers). It is very difficult to find a pressbook that has NOT been cut, and that ads greatly to their value! minor separation at some of the crossfolds in the supplement; minor creases, smudges, and scuffs throughout the pressbook (more so along the foldlines) Learn More about condition grades 
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