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Auction History Result 9f402 QUIET ONE pressbook '48 Sidney Meyers directed, great images of young Donald Thompson! Date Sold 12/27/2009 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 11" x 17"; 8 pages). Also included is an ad supplement that has 2 pages (Learn More) The Quiet One, the 1948 Sidney Meyers psychological teaching disturbed children melodrama (about a school for "special" children in New York; the movie is done in a pseudo-documentary fashion, and it follows one particular emotionally disturbed boy, and tells through flashback what events caused him to end up at the school) starring Donald Thompson, Clarence Cooper, Sadie Stockton, Estelle Evans, Paul Baucum, and narrated by Gary Merrill. Note that the movie was shot at the real-life Wiltwyck School for Boys, and that all the actors were non-professionals, and that Clarence Cooper was a real-life psychiatric counselor at the school. The movie was co-written by famous film critic James Agee, who also provided some of the documentary-like commentary. Probably most interesting about the movie is that it focuses on one boy at the school, and even though the boy (Donald Thompson) is black African American, no emphasis is put on that at all, and it appears that he was simply cast because he was the best actor for the role. Important Added Info: 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. Note that we have provided an image of the front and back covers of the pressbook, plus an image of any supplements or heralds (if there are any included with this pressbook), but of course, the winner of this auction will receive the entire single pressbook we are selling (plus any supplements or heralds)! Finally, 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. Learn More about condition grades 
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