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Auction History Result 1k257 STRUGGLE pressbook '31 D.W. Griffith's first big story of Prohibition! Date Sold 5/22/2012 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 12" x 18" [30 x 46 cm]; 16 pages). Also included is an ad supplement that has 4 pages (Learn More) D.W. Griffith's The Struggle, the 1931 D.W. Griffith ("Personally directed by") alcoholism relationship romantic melodrama ("The First Big Story of Prohibition"; "The Struggle of Humanity for Happiness and Love"; "Story by Anita Loos & John Emerson"; this movie was written, directed, composed, and produced by D.W. Griffith) starring Hal Skelly, Zita Johann, Charlotte Wynters, Evelyn Baldwin, and Jackson Halliday NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this pressbook came with a space on the back cover where a postcard addressed to United Artists was lightly attached, and the exhibitor was encouraged to fill it out and mail it back, so they could book this movie! 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. 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)! 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: good, NO CUTS. The pressbook was in a bound volume and it was removed, but it is still attached with glue down the spine, and there are holes from the stitching down the spine as well. Note that the postcard that was lightly attached to the back is still present, although it has come detached from the rest of the pressbook. Learn More about condition grades 
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