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Auction History Result 7x491 CHILD IS WAITING pressbook '63 Howard Terpning art of Burt Lancaster & Judy Garland! Date Sold 5/11/2014 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 12 3/4" x 18" [32 x 46 cm]; 8 pages) (Learn More) A Child is Waiting, the classic 1963 John Cassavetes mentally-and-emotionally-challenged-children-locked-away-in-institutions melodrama ("Burt Lancaster & Judy Garland take an untouched theme, and make it touching and unforgettable!"; "A child can be so many things, warmth... love... laughter... and sometimes a child can be heartbreak!"; "Only Burt Lancaster and Judy Garland could tell this untold story... And make your heart tell it over and over again!"; "If this were flesh of your flesh - would you hold it close, protect it, love it, or would you turn your back and run..."; "Burt Lancaster and Judy Garland ignite a motion picture that gives so much... that goes so far... looks so deep into the feelings of man and woman!"; "See it! - Don't be ashamed - learn the facts! This story is true! It has no color or race barriers! Because it could happen to any person or family!"; "Parents! Where is your child tonight?"; "Written by Abby Mann"; about Lancaster running a school for mentally deficient and emotionally disturbed children; daring for its time, both in its willingness to deal head-on with difficult issues, and for casting real mentally deficient actors in key roles) starring Burt Lancaster, Judy Garland, Gena Rowlands (the wife of the director, in a small, but excellent role!), Steven Hill (decades before "Law and Order"), Bruce Ritchey, Paul Stewart, and Lawrence Tierney (in a small role as Gena Rowlands' second husband) NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. 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: very good to fine, NO CUTS. Learn More about condition grades 
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