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Auction History Result 4j145 20th CENTURY pressbook 1934 John Barrymore, Carole Lombard, Howard Hawks, ultra rare! Date Sold 2/20/2018 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 15 1/4" x 21 1/4" [39 x 54 cm]; 6 pages) (Learn More) Twentieth Century, the classic 1934 Howard Hawks New York City Broadway theater stage acting romantic screwball comedy ("Broadway's greatest comedy smash - even greater on the screen!"; "From the notable New York Stage Success by Ben Hecht - Charles MacArthur - Chas B. Millholland"; about a legendary Broadway director who takes a simple girl and makes her a huge star, and then becomes obsessed with her; surely one of the greatest of all movies ever made, comedy or otherwise!) starring John Barrymore (as Oscar Jaffe), Carole Lombard (as Lily Garland aka Mildred Plotka), Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns, Ralph Forbes, Charles Lane, and Etienne Girardot (as the fake rich man who goes around giving out "fortunes"). Note that Charles Bruce Millholland, who was an assistant to legendary Broadway producer David Belasco, wrote a play parodying Belasco, which he could not get performed (perhaps because people were afraid of Belasco). In 1934, it was used as the basis for this classic movie. This is one of those rare movies that everyone agrees is a masterpiece, surely one of the finest romantic comedies ever created and many say it is one of the handful of finest movies of any kind, period! This is not that surprising, considering that many of the greatest talents of classic Hollywood came together to create this! From legendary director Howard Hawks, to the superb screenwriting team of Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, and the acting talents of the amazing John Barrymore and Carole Lombard, everything in this screwball romantic comedy "works" to perfection! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that original release poster material from this wonderful movie is incredibly rare, and we have never before auctioned this pressbook! 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)! Condition: fair, WITH CUTS. Only the front and back covers are present, plus two interior pages that have a cut out. All the rest of the pages are missing. But the covers have posters on the reverse of each, so there are three pages of posters from this classic movie, all of which are unbelievably rare. Obviously, one would prefer to find a better example of this pressbook, but it is extremely rare, and we have never auctioned it before! Learn More about condition grades 
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