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Auction History Result 2s0059 LITTLE MINISTER pressbook 1934 close portrait of Katharine Hepburn, J.M. Barrie, ultra rare! Date Sold 8/7/2022 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 15" x 18 1/2" [38 x 47 cm]; 44 pages). Also included is a herald that has 4 pages. (Learn More) Sir James M. Barrie's The Little Minister, the 1934 Richard Wallace romantic religious melodrama ("Sir James M. Barrie's Immortal Masterpiece"; "Only the greatest actress of her time could breathe the breath of life into this glowing role."; "She hurls the fires of her tempestuous soul into the transcendent drama that thunders at the gates of timeless glory"; from the novel by J.M. Barrie; set in 1840s Scotland, it concerns a young minister assigned to a new parish; he meets an exotic gypsy girl who leads him astray) starring Katharine Hepburn (as Babbie), John Beal (in the title role as Gavin), Alan Hale Sr., Donald Crisp, Lumsden Hare, and Billy Watson NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have never before auctioned this pressbook! Note that in December 2021, we were consigned a truly remarkable collection of pressbooks (the first 37 were auctioned in our December Major Auction, and the most expensive one sold for $17,500!). In our regular auctions since, we have auctioned hundreds more from this collection. Now we are auctioning 30 of the very best (and most rare) pressbooks from this collection, which is absolutely the finest collection of pressbooks we have ever been consigned. Some of them were folded at one time, but they were stored unfolded for many years, so we left them unfolded, and unless the new owner requests otherwise, we will send them unfolded, because re-folding them would likely lessen the condition. Many of these are ones we have either never auctioned before or only once auctioned before, sometimes many years ago. These were collected decades ago, which was the only time that many of these could be found, and after these auctions are over it may be years (or decades!) before some of these are offered again. They ARE that rare! Note that pressbooks from the 1930s are almost never found in great condition, and some of them (especially those printed during World War II, including all the MGM ones from that time) are printed on newsprint, and are hard to find in even lesser condition. We have several images from each pressbook. We have given each an overall grade, and ask that you look at our images to get a good sense of the condition of that pressbook, because, since they have many pages, it would take forever to describe their condition in detail. However, EVERY one of these pressbooks is complete and uncut! Condition: good to very good, NO CUTS. Note that we solely give an overall grade to these rare pressbooks, and tell you whether it is complete and uncut. However, you can view our multiple images of the covers and the interior pages that should give you a good sense of the pressbook's condition. This pressbook has an unusual cover that was created on a very large single sheet of deluxe paper that folded over around two-thirds from the top and then was folded down the middle to create a folder that holds the rest of the pressbook. When completely opened, the cover has insides that show all the posters in full color, plus the lobby cards in one color and many other items in full color (see our images). The interior portion of the pressbook, which is labeled "Section B" is printed on a better paper stock as well and has some die-cut pages at the center that are on even better paper. There is a 4-page newspaper herald that was stored inside the pressbook on top of the section B, and it has darkened the cover of that section, but otherwise, the section is in excellent condition. The large cover described above has mostly separated down the spine (there is a small piece of clear tape at the bottom of the spine) and has small tears and tiny paper loss around the edges. While some of the parts of this very unusual pressbook have the defects noted above, we would think there is an excellent chance that no other complete pressbooks survive and certainly this deserves to be in some significant collection, whether of pressbooks or of Katharine Hepburn memorabilia. Learn More about condition grades 
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