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Auction History Result 8r0636 SUTTER'S GOLD pressbook 1936 Edward Arnold & Binnie Barnes in California Gold Rush, rare! Date Sold 5/13/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 13" x 26" [33 x 66 cm]; 18 pages). Also included is a herald that has 2 pages. (Learn More) Sutter's Gold, the 1936 James Cruze California gold rush mining adventure melodrama ("The screen's thundering drama of men mad with the greed for gold!"; "The thundering drama of gold rush days!"; "Based on Blaise Cendrar's Novel"; a highly fictionalized biography of the man who found gold on his ranch, which led to the famous 1849 California gold rush!) starring Edward Arnold (in the title role as John Sutter), Lee Tracy, Binnie Barnes, Katharine Alexander, Montague Love, Addison Richards, John Miljan, Harry Carey Sr., Bryant Washburn, Robert Warwick, Gaston Glass, Russell Hopton, William Janney (billed as "W.M. Janney"), Sidney Bracy, and Nan Gray. Note that there is an asterisk after Edward Arnold's name in the credits, which leads to an explanation that he is in the movie "by arrangement with B.P. Schulberg". It had been bought by Universal in the 1920s for Sergei Eisenstein (who finished a treatment for the film), but it was never made. William Faulkner also did a treatment of the story for Howard Hawks in 1934 but it never progressed further. Universal surely later wished they had forgotten all about it, because their 1936 movie cost $2,000,000 to make, 20 times the average Universal movie of the time, and did terribly at the box office. Also note that at the same time this movie was made, there was a German version released, called "Der kaiser von Kalifornien", which altered the story somewhat. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that at this time, Universal made really wonderful pressbooks, because not only were they extra large (similar in size to an insert), but they also had wonderful full-color front and back covers with all the posters on the back cover in color. Note that when studios would prepare pressbooks they would often include a sample of the herald. Most often, the herald is no longer still with the pressbook. Sometimes, the herald by itself will sell for almost as much as the rest of the entire pressbook! This pressbook contains the original herald that was included with it, and it is pictured next to the pressbook below. Also note that we have provided an image of the front and back covers of this pressbook, 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: good, NO CUTS. The pressbook is complete and uncut. This very large pressbook (13" x 26") was folded in thirds. The pages are separated at the spine, and there are smudges and stains on the covers. Learn More about condition grades 
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