eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 1y778 GREAT GABBO pressbook '29 ventriloquist Erich von Stroheim with dummy, Ben Hecht, cool! Date Sold 8/18/2013Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 18" x 24" [46 x 61 cm]; 20 pages) (Learn More) The Great Gabbo, the 1929 James Cruze ventriloquist dummy romantic musical melodrama ("The all-dialog-singing-dancing-dramatic spectacle"; written by Ben Hecht based on his story "The Rival Dummy"; a story of a ventriloquist who is going insane, and he has an assistant who loves him, but his dummy comes between them and drives her away, after which he becomes completely mad) starring Erich von Stroheim (in the title role as Gabbo), Betty Compson, Donald Douglas, Marjorie Kane, and Marbeth Wright. Note that this was von Stroheim's first movie after he almost bankrupted Paramount Pictures with his "Queen Kelly"! After that, he could not be hired as a director, so he took this acting job, which proved to be only one of many memorable acting performances. Note that this basic story was reused in one of the segments of "Dead of Night", and also in "Magic"! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Day Lanti Important Added Info: 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 purchased 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 to very good, NO CUTS. There are some creases, small tears, and faint smudges around the edges of the pressbook, and some wear on the foldlines (it was folded once in each direction). Learn More about condition grades
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