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Auction History Result 1j1778 THUNDER IN THE EAST pressbook 1935 Japanese Charles Boyer & Merle Oberon, ultra rare! Date Sold 1/18/2022 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 12" x 18" [30 x 46 cm]; 12 pages) (Learn More) The Battle (released in the U.S. as "Thunder in the East"), the 1935 Nicolas Farkas English/French romantic military Naval war melodrama (about a Japanese nobleman who has a large Naval fleet and who uses the knowledge of a British Navy officer to help him win a major battle, even going so far as to encourage the officer to have an affair with his own wife!; after winning the battle, he realizes how badly he has degraded himself and his wife, and he commits ritual suicide) starring Charles Boyer (as the Japanese nobleman!), Merle Oberon, John Loder, Betty Stockfeld, and Miles Mander. Note that this movie was simultaneously made in French as "La Bataille", also starring Boyer in the lead role, but with Annabella replacing Oberon and many other cast changes. It was released as "The Battle" in England, and later that year was released in the U.S. under the title "Thunder in the East". Note that the U.S. posters say "Formerly titled 'The Battle'", but they are NOT re-release posters, but from the first U.S. release, a short time after the movie's first English release. Also note that Charles Boyer started as an actor in French movies in 1921 at the age of 22. He made his first American movie, The Magnificent Lie, in 1931, but his greatest success came in the 1940s! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have never before auctioned this pressbook! Also note that this is one of a remarkable collection of 47 mostly United Artists pressbooks (mostly from the 1930s) that came from the collection of a very longtime collector who recently passed away. Pressbooks like these are almost all incredibly rare and almost never change hands. This is a wonderful opportunity to obtain one or more of these extremely rare pressbooks, all of which are uncut, and several of them have rare supplements or heralds (and if they do, that is noted above). Note that at this time, United Artists prepared unusual pressbooks that were different from those of the other studios. There were three types of them. In the 1920s, there were two types. One type measured 13 1/2" x 22", and it was folded in half and had a separate printed brown envelope, with a return address from United Artists, and an image from the movie, and they were sent to theaters that way. A second type measured around 9 3/4" x 12 3/4", and had a mailing area that was on the pressbook. In the 1930s, they standardized it to 12" x 18" pressbooks that were folded in half and had a cover on one side, and the other side had posters on half of that side, and the other half was a mailing address area where the pressbook could be sent directly to theaters without an envelope. This pressbook is that third type. Condition: very good, NO CUTS. Note that we solely give an overall grade to these rare pressbooks, and tell you whether it is complete and uncut. However, you can view our multiple images of the covers and the interior pages that should give you a good sense of the pressbook's condition. Learn More about condition grades 
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