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Auction History Result 8d0094 ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD pressbook 1938 Errol Flynn classic, includes the herald, ultra rare! Date Sold 4/4/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 17 1/4" x 22 1/4" [44 x 57 cm]; 40 pages). Also included is an ad supplement that has 20 pages, and also a herald that has 4 pages. (Learn More) The Adventures of Robin Hood, the classic 1938 Michael Curtiz & William Keighley England royalty romantic adventure thriller ("Dazzling to the eye... stirring to the heart - a great entertainment from Warner Bros."; "Based "He lives again - the world's most beloved rogue!"; On Ancient Robin Hood Legends"; "Photographed in Technicolor"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award) starring Errol Flynn (in the title role as Robin Hood), Olivia De Havilland (as Maid Marian), Basil Rathbone (as Sir Guy of Gisbourne), Claude Rains (as Prince John), Patric Knowles (as Will Scarlett), Eugene Pallette (as Friar Tuck), Alan Hale Sr. (as Little John), Melville Cooper (as the Sheriff of Nottingham), Ian Hunter (as King Richard the Lion Heart), Una O'Connor, and Herbert Mundin. Note that the mount of Maid Marian is played by none other than Trigger the Horse, before he was purchased by Roy Rogers! Finally, note that anyone who saw this movie remembers well the archery contest which comes down to Errol Flynn in disguise and Owain the Welshman, but few people know that Owain was played by the world's greatest archer, Howard Hill, and that he also did Flynn's bow and arrow stunts shown in the movie! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have never auctioned an example of this pressbook before. Not only that, but we have also never auctioned the herald that is included! What's more, eMoviePoster.com President Bruce Hershenson has an example of this pressbook in his collection, but his does NOT have the really cool added cover (he suspects that Warner Bros. made it in two ways, one with the elaborate added cover and one without)! Note that when studios would prepare pressbooks they would often include a sample of the herald. Most often, the herald is no longer still with the pressbook. Sometimes, the herald by itself will sell for almost as much as the rest of the entire pressbook! This pressbook contains the original herald which is pictured next to the pressbook below. 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. Almost every Academy Award winning movie would have a special "Academy Award winner" supplement. 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 received 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! Note: We have 14 images of the pressbooks in this set, but due to a space limitation, only TEN of the 14 images are displayed above. However, there is a "supersize" link to the right of those images that lets you see the other 4. Condition: good to very good, NO CUTS. The pressbook is complete and uncut. What we believe is a special added cover has tears and tiny paper loss in parts of the borders, with a stain in the lower right that runs horizontally across to the hat. The "regular" pressbook contained within has small tears in the right of the cover and some creases and scuffs around the edges. Someone took a rotogravure herald and placed it inside of two pages, and that has darkened those two pages considerably, but mostly in text areas, and only affecting the images below it, and it does not affect the reverse of those pages. Other than the above, the pressbook is in pretty nice condition, especially considering its very large size and its age! Learn More about condition grades 
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