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Auction History Result 7k044 DAYDREAMER pressbook '66 Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale claymation, Hirschfeld art! Date Sold 3/19/2013 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 13 1/4" x 18 3/4" [34 x 48 cm]; 12 pages) (Learn More) The Daydreamer, the 1966 Jules Bass animated family fairy tale fantasy adventure claymation cartoon ("All New, All Magical Musical Merriment from the greatest of all storytellers Hans Christian Andersen"; "Based on the stories of Hans Christian Andersen"; using a sort of stop-action process with clay or plastic figures, kind of like what was done in King Kong or in Claymation movies) featuring the voices of Tallulah Bankhead ("as the Sea Witch"), Victor Borge ("as First Tailor"), Patty Duke ("as Thumbelina"), Jack Gilford ("as Papa Andersen"), Margaret Hamilton ("as Mrs. Klopplebobbler"), Sessue Hayakawa (who played many Asian villains in silent movies, and decades later triumphantly returned to the screen in "The Bridge Over the River Kwai"; "as The Mole"), Burl Ives ("as Father Neptune"; he was a star football player in high school, and intended to become a football coach, but he didn't complete college, and he had learned the banjo, and he bummed around the country doing odd jobs and street singing in the 1930s!; he became a successful folk singer in the 1940s, and was cast as a singing cowboy in "Smoky" in 1946, billed as "The Singing Troubador", and he alternated between folk singing and acting for the rest of his life; he is likely best remembered for playing the role of "Big Daddy" in the movie version of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", and for his best supporting Oscar winning role in "The Big Country"), Boris Karloff ("as The Rat"), Hayley Mills ("as The Little Mermaid"), Paul O'Keefe ("as Chris"), Cyril Ritchards ("as The Sandman"), Terry-Thomas ("as Second Tailor"), Ed Wynn ("as The Emperor"), Ray Bolger ("as The Pieman") and Robert Goulet ("sings the title song") NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Al Hirschfeld Important Added Info: 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: very good to fine, NO CUTS. The pressbook is complete and uncut and is in nice condition! Learn More about condition grades 
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