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Auction History Result 4y0052 HAIL THE CONQUERING HERO pressbook 1944 Preston Sturges, Bracken, Raines, Demarest, rare! Date Sold 8/29/2023 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 12" x 15" [30 x 38 cm]; 24 pages) (Learn More) Hail the Conquering Hero, the classic 1944 Preston Sturges World War II (WWII) military romantic mistaken identity comedy ("When Preston Sturges makes a hit everybody goes to it. To those who know, the reason's clear; The longest laughs in town are here!"; "From the man who made you laugh with 'The Miracle of Morgan's Creek'"; about a man who can't serve in the military in World War II, and he is so embarrassed that he leaves town for the duration, and when the war ends, he tries to quietly return home, but he encounters a group of returning soldiers who take sympathy on him, and they arrange to deceive his entire town into thinking he was a major war hero!) starring Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, William Demarest, Raymond Walburn, Franklin Pangborn, Elizabeth Patterson, and Bill Edwards. Note that first release movie posters from this Preston Sturges comedy are EXTREMELY rare! Perhaps this is related to the paper drives that occurred during World War II, or there could be another reason. If anyone knows more about this, please e-mail us and we will post it here. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have only previously auctioned two examples of this pressbook, and the last one was 10 years ago! 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! Finally, note that this pressbook was folded across the center at one time. Because of this, this pressbook can be sent in one of our standard size packages (if it is purchased together with pressbooks that can NOT be folded, then it will of course have to be sent in one of our oversized packages). But if this pressbook is purchased by itself (or solely with other pressbooks that can be folded), then the shipping will be much lower, because it fits in a standard package. Condition: good to very good, NO CUTS. The pressbook is complete and uncut. It was folded across the middle. It is also partially folded 1/2" below that, and there is slight darkening and scuffs along that second partial fold. There are smudges on both covers. Learn More about condition grades 
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