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Auction History Result 1a0618 DANTE'S INFERNO pressbook 1924 great different art of people writhing in Hell, ultra rare! Date Sold 10/31/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 10" x 13" [25 x 33 cm]; 23 pages) (Learn More) Dante's Inferno, the 1924 Henry Otto silent surreal horror thriller ("Dore's masterpieces of art vividly reproduced in motion pictures"; "A spectacle of drama and beauty based on the classic of literature"; "Modern story by Cyrus Woods, Adapted for the screen by Edmund Goulding"; based on the play by Dante Alighieri; about a man's journey through the gates of Hell; William Fox made a later version of this movie in 1935, and both versions of the movie are about unscrupulous businessmen who become massively successful, but have second thoughts when their behavior cause a man's suicide, and in both films, there is a long fantasy sequence depicting Dante's Hell, with writhing naked bodies!) starring Lawson Butt (as Dante), Howard Gaye (as Virgil), Pauline Starke (as Marjorie), Josef Swickard, Gloria Grey, Lon Poff, and Robert Klein. Note that the posters for this movie give the impression that the movie shows a lot of naked people writhing in agony in Hell! Looking at stills from the movie, it is obvious that the men wore tight flesh-colored shorts, and that the women wore tight bodysuits, but I imagine the movie was still shocking for its time! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that ANY movie paper from this movie is incredibly rare. We have only previously auctioned some lobby cards (all 26-27 years ago), a single still (14 years ago), a herald (11 years ago), a glass slide, and two window cards from this movie (and NO other movie paper of any kind) until we received this pressbook, which we have never auctioned before! And of course, the pressbook shows images of a number of posters and it says "THE POSTERS THEY WILL STAND OUT ON THE BILLBOARDS LIKE BEACON LIGHT ON A CLEAR NIGHT"! 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 received 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. There are some tears around the edges of some pages, with some small stains around the edges of the covers. The pages of the pressbook were attached with staples at the top, and the back cover and the final interior page have separated from the staples. Otherwise, the pressbook is in pretty nice condition, especially considering its age. Learn More about condition grades 
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