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Auction History Result 4h074 PLAINSMAN English pressbook 1938 Gary Cooper & Jean Arthur, directed by Cecil B. DeMille! Date Sold 2/18/2018 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1938 (from the first release of this movie in the U.K.) Vintage Theatrical English Movie Pressbook (English pb; measures 9 1/2" x 11 1/2" [24 x 29 cm]; 14 pages) (Learn More) Cecil B. DeMille's The Plainsman (released in Spain as "Buffalo Bill"), the classic 1936 Cecil B. DeMille poker gambling romantic cowboy western epic ("The raging story of the Frontier... and the daring men and women who smashed it down! Romance! Spectacle!! Drama!!!"; "The valiant story of a nation's heroes... Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, Buffalo Bill Cody, General Custer who lived recklessly... dangerously... to mold an empire out of prairies... to build cities on a range!"; a combination of all the legends about Buffalo Bill Cody, Calamity Jane, and Wild Bill Hickok, including Hickok's death while gambling at poker and holding the "dead man's hand", aces and eights) starring Gary Cooper (as "Wild Bill Hickok"), Jean Arthur (as "Calamity Jane"), James Ellison (as "Buffalo Bill Cody"), Charles Bickford, Helen Burgess, and Porter Hall (as Jack McCall, the man who shot Hickok in the back). Note that Native American Indian Chief Thunder Bird was hired by Cecil B. DeMille to be the technical advisor on the movie so that the Native Americans would be authentic! 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: good, NO CUTS. The pressbook is complete and uncut. The pressbook was removed from a bound volume, and there are tiny holes and bits of paper loss down the spine (see our images). Learn More about condition grades 
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