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Auction History Result 2a0381 BIG BROADCAST OF 1938 pressbook 1938 W.C. Fields, Martha Raye, Dorothy Lamour, ultra rare! Date Sold 4/17/2022 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 15" x 18" [38 x 46 cm]; 34 pages) (Learn More) The Big Broadcast of 1938, the 1938 Mitchell Leisen romantic all-star musical comedy ("Based on an adaptation by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse of a story by Frederic Hazlitt Brenan") starring W.C. Fields, Martha Raye, Dorothy Lamour, Shirley Ross, Ben Blue, Bob Hope, Lynne Overman, Leif Erickson, Grace Bradley, Tito Guizar, and "Specialties by Kirsten Flagstad, Shep Fields and His Orchestra". Note that this movie included a dance number performed entirely by African American men and women, dancing in period costumes from 1910! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have never before auctioned this pressbook! This is an unusual pressbook, both in size (an odd 15" x 18") and also because it has covers printed on a thick half-sheet-like paper. The interior pages are all printed on quality paper 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 continue to auction more of these pressbooks, which is absolutely the finest collection of pressbooks we have ever auctioned. In this April Major Auction, we are auctioning 32 REALLY excellent and extremely rare ones, "the best of the best", mostly 11" x 15" or larger. 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. 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: 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. Learn More about condition grades 
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