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Auction History Result 4t054 ANNIE GET YOUR GUN pressbook R56 Betty Hutton as the greatest sharpshooter, Howard Keel! Date Sold 4/16/2009 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A 1956 Re-Release Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 12 1/4" x 17"; 8 pages) (Learn More) Annie Get Your Gun, the 1950 George Sidney historical cowboy western musical biography ("Now on the screen! Biggest musical under the sun!"; "Hear 10 Irving Berlin Songs!"; "Congratulations MGM! 'Annie Get Your Gun' is the best job ever done of transferring a stage musical to the screen. -Irving Berlin"; "At last on the screen!"; "Based on the musical play with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin and book by Herbert Fields and Dorothy Fields"; about famed female sharpshooter Annie Oakley) starring Betty Hutton (in the title role as Annie Oakley), Howard Keel (as Frank Butler), Louis Calhern (as Buffalo Bill Cody), J. Carrol Naish (as Chief Sitting Bull), Edward Arnold, and Keenan Wynn. Note that Judy Garland was originally cast in the title role of Annie Oakley, but she was fired after a month of filming due to showing up late or not at all, and for conflicts with Busby Berkeley. Berkeley was the original director who was replaced by Charles Walters who was replaced by George Sidney. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Condition: good to very good, NO CUTS. There is some surface paper loss across the top of the front cover and there is some rippling and discoloration throughout the pressbook from exposure to moisture. 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 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! Learn More about condition grades 
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