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Auction History Result 4y0060 NIGHT AT THE OPERA pressbook 1935 Groucho, Chico & Harpo Marx, Hirschfeld art, ultra rare! Date Sold 8/29/2023 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 14" x 20" [36 x 51 cm]; 20 pages). Also included are 2 ad supplements that have 8 pages and 7 pages, and also a herald that has 4 pages. (Learn More) A Night at the Opera, the classic 1935 Sam Wood screwball musical opera romantic comedy starring the Marx Brothers (Groucho Marx as Otis B. Driftwood, Chico Marx as Fiorello, and Harpo Marx as Tomasso), Kitty Carlisle (as Rosa Castaldi), Allan Jones (as Ricardo Baroni), Walter Woolf King (billed as "Walter King"; as Rodolfo Lassparri), Sig Ruman (as Herbert Gottlieb), and Margaret Dumont (as Mrs. Claypool). Note that MGM added a romantic plot to the Marx Bros. typical screwball comedy, and it really adds to the movie, as Carlisle and Jones have real chemistry together, and their songs are excellent. Of course, this is also the movie that has the Marx Bros.' most famous comedy scene, the "stateroom" scene, plus the great scene of Groucho and Chico attempting to sign a contract! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Al Hirschfeld Important Added Info: Note that we have only previously auctioned one example of this pressbook, and that was 8 years ago (that example was only in "fair" condition and it still sold for $335)! This pressbook includes a 8-page supplement and a 4-page tipped-in color herald, as well as a really cool 7-page "new edition" pressbook, which was for the 1948 re-release, and is entirely on newsprint. 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 which is pictured next to the pressbook below. Also note that pressbooks were prepared prior to a movie being released. Often, changes would be made in a movie advertising campaign (billing of actors, different images, etc.), and the theaters would print up special supplements that they would send out with the pressbooks that had already been printed. These supplements are very rare, far more rare than the pressbooks themselves! Some pressbooks would have no supplements, some would have one, and some would have several. Almost every Academy Award winning movie would have a special "Academy Award winner" supplement. 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)! Note: We have 18 images of this pressbook, but due to a space limitation, only TEN of the 18 images are displayed above. However, there is a "supersize" link to the right of those images that lets you see the other 8. Condition: fair to good, WITH CUTS. All of the pages of this pressbook (including the covers) are somewhat rippled. One of the interior pages has a 3" x 4" cut from the bottom center of a single-sided page, affecting one newspaper ad. All of the pressbook pages and the supplement pages are extremely fragile (typical of MGM pressbooks of this period), so please bear this in mind (and the small cut) before bidding on this extremely rare pressbook. Learn More about condition grades 
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