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Auction History Result 7k122 FIRST COMES COURAGE English pressbook '43 Merle Oberon, Brian Aherne, Dorothy Arzner! Date Sold 3/19/2013 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical English Movie Pressbook (English pb; measures 10" x 15" [25 x 38 cm]; 4 pages) (Learn More) First Comes Courage, the 1943 Dorothy Arzner World War II (WWII) military romantic spy espionage thriller ("Stirring drama of gallantry under fire!"; "Stunning in its Suspense... Breath-taking in its power!"; "The flaming, haunting romance of a man and a woman in a war-wracked world!"; "Based on the novel 'The Commandos' by Elliot Arnold") starring Merle Oberon, Brian Aherne, Carl Esmond, Isobel Elson, and Erick Rolf. Note that Dorothy Arzner was a director from the 1920s to the 1940s, and she was the only woman director during the "Golden Age" of Hollywood ('20s to '40s) and she was the first woman to join the Directors Guild of America. Arzner was a lesbian at a time when almost no females openly were, and she was surprisingly open about it, often dressing in "men's clothes" and wearing her hair short. She made many "women's movies" and movies with a "feminist" theme. After making "First Comes Courage" in 1943, she made training films for the U.S. Army WACs, and she never returned to making Hollywood movies, becoming a film teacher of directing and screenwriting, teaching at UCLA until she passed away in 1979. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have provided an image of the front and back covers of this English 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 English 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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