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Auction History Result 2f0410 GRAND ILLUSION pressbook R1960s Jean Renoir's classic La Grande Illusion, Erich von Stroheim Date Sold 6/7/2022 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Undated (probably 1960s) Re-Release Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 11" x 17" [28 x 43 cm]; 4 pages) (Learn More) La Grande Illusion (released in the U.S. in 1938 as "Grand Illusion"), the classic 1937 Jean Renoir French France Germany World War I (WWI) anti-war military prisoner of war (POW) melodrama (nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award; many people rightfully consider this movie to be one of the handful of absolute finest movies ever made!) starring Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim, Julien Carette (billed as "Carette"), Gaston Modot (billed as "Modot"), Georges Peclet (billed as "Peclet"), Marcel Dalio (billed as "Dalio"), and Jean Daste (billed as "Daste"). Note that this is also the rare case of a great movie that was recognized as being truly great right after it was made. It was the first foreign film ever to be nominated for the Best Picture Oscar, and it certainly deserved to win! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this pressbook and a number of others that we are currently auctioning come to us from the estate of a man who ran an arthouse cinema in California between 1950 and 1980! He showed many foreign movies that initially ONLY played at his theater and in New York City, and just a few other cities, and did NOT have much of a release in the U.S. at all at that time, so many of these pressbooks from this collection (which are being auctioned in separate auctions) are EXTREMELY rare! 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: good to very good, NO CUTS. The pressbook is complete and uncut. It was folded across the middle. Learn More about condition grades 
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