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Auction History Result 1y0178 WORLD OF SUZIE WONG pressbook 1960 William Holden was 1st man Nancy Kwan ever loved, rare! Date Sold 4/12/2022 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 12" x 18 1/2" [30 x 47 cm]; 20 pages) (Learn More) Ray Stark's The World of Suzie Wong, the 1960 Richard Quine English/U.S. Oriental Asian interracial romantic prostitution melodrama ("'You are the first man I ever loved... and the world has only just begun...'"; "Screenplay by John Patrick"; based on the novel by Richard Mason; about an American Caucasian man in love with an Asian prostitute that he can't afford) starring William Holden, Nancy Kwan (in the title role "as Suzie Wong"), Sylvia Syms, Michael Wilding, Jacqueline Chan (billed as "Jacqui Chan"), Laurence Naismith, and Yvonne Shima. Note that France Nuyen originated the role of Suzie Wong on Broadway, and was expected to play the part in the movie version, but she purportedly gained weight prior to the movie's filming, and was replaced by Nancy Kwan. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have only previously auctioned one example of this pressbook, but that example was a smaller 12-page black and white version (created for smaller theaters), while this example has 20 pages and a yellow, black, and red cover (created for larger theaters)! Note that in December 2021, we were consigned a truly remarkable collection of pressbooks (the first 37 were auctioned in our December Major Auction, and the most expensive one sold for $17,500!). In our regular auctions since, we have auctioned hundreds more from this collection. Now we continue to auction more of these pressbooks, which is absolutely the finest collection of pressbooks we have ever been consigned. In this set of auctions, most of the ones we are auctioning are larger pressbooks, mostly 11" x 15" or larger. Some of them were folded at one time, but they were stored unfolded for many years, so we left them unfolded, and unless the new owner requests otherwise, we will send them unfolded, because re-folding them would likely lessen the condition. Many of these are ones we have either never auctioned before or only once auctioned before, sometimes many years ago. These were collected decades ago, which was the only time that many of these could be found, and after these auctions are over it may be years (or decades!) before some of these are offered again. They ARE that rare! Note that pressbooks from the 1930s are almost never found in great condition, and some of them (especially those printed during World War II, including all the MGM ones from that time) are printed on newsprint, and are hard to find in even lesser condition. We have several images from each pressbook. We have given each an overall grade, and ask that you look at our images to get a good sense of the condition of that pressbook, because, since they have many pages, it would take forever to describe their condition in detail. However, EVERY one of these pressbooks is complete and uncut! Condition: good to very good, NO CUTS. Note that we solely give an overall grade to these rare pressbooks, and tell you whether it is complete and uncut. However, you can view our multiple images of the covers and the interior pages that should give you a good sense of the pressbook's condition. Learn More about condition grades 
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