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Auction History Result 1c929 WE WERE STRANGERS pressbook '49 Jennifer Jones & John Garfield, directed by John Huston Date Sold 7/14/2013 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 12 1/4" x 16 1/4" [31 x 41 cm]; 8 pages) (Learn More) John Huston's We Were Strangers, the 1949 John Huston Cuba revolutionary romantic crime melodrama ("Explosive in its emotional impact... it emerges as the most fascinating picture of the year!"; "An explosive story of violent lives... Lived dangerously!"; "China Valdes...a woman of violent hates and fierce love..."; "Tony Fenner...a tough guy with a conscience..."; about a Cuban revolutionary and the sister of an executed revolutionary who come together to try to kill top Cuban officials at a state funeral) starring Jennifer Jones (as China Valdes), John Garfield (as Tony Fenner), Pedro Armendariz, Gilbert Roland, Ramon Novarro, Wally Cassell, and David Bond. Note that this movie was very political, and it was unusual in that both the left wing of the United States and the right wing strongly criticized the movie, and it was a failure at the box office, and was withdrawn soon after its first release! 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 pressbook (if the back cover is not the poster page, we photographed the interior poster page), 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 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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