eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 2d0276 ERNEST BORGNINE signed pressbook '64 great images of him in McHale's Navy! Date Sold 10/25/2015Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Autographed Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 12" x 18" [30 x 46 cm]; 14 pages) (Learn More) Ernest Borgnine was born Ermes Effron Borgnino (his Italian parents would "Americanize" their names when he was a boy) in Hamden Connecticut in 1917, and he did not become an actor until he was in his thirties, and he seemed likely to never rise above secondary roles, and yet he became a major star in both movies AND television! He joined the Navy right after graduating high school, and stayed there for ten years, leaving when WWII ended. He decided he would like to act, but for four years he could not rise above mostly minor roles in regional theater. In 1949 he was noticed when he got a minor part on Broadway in Harvey, and two years later he moved to Hollywood, where at first he could only get minor movie and TV roles. He had his first "big" part as sadistic Sgt. Fatso Judson in Fred Zinnemann's From Here to Eternity in 1953, and two years later he was selected to play the lead role in the movie version of Marty (the lead on TV had been played by Rod Steiger). Written by Paddy Chayefsky and directed by Delbert Mann, Marty is probably the best "little" movie ever made, and it won the Best Picture Oscar, and Borgnine took home the Best Actor Oscar (over four great other performances: Spencer Tracy in Bad Day at Black Rock, James Dean in East of Eden. James Cagney in Love Me or Leave Me, and Frank Sinatra in The Man With the Golden Arm, all Oscar worthy!). That role and Oscar gave Borgnine a few chances to sometimes be a leading man, although he would mostly play character roles, In 1962 he got another major break when he got the lead in TV's McHale's Navy, playing the straight man to a great ensemble group of wacky comedians, and the show was very successful. Most people assumed he would retire at some point, after a long and distinguished career, but he just keeps on acting! From 1995 to 1997 he played a continuing supporting role in TV's The Single Guy, and from 1999 to 2009 he has supplied the voice for Spongebob Squarepant's hero, Mermaid Man, and throughout the years he has continued to do many movies and TV, including starring in the very final episode of TV's ER. Borgnine has had a pretty wild private life, and has married five times, including one to Katy Jurado, and a legendary bad marriage to Ethel Merman, where they separated when they returned from a brief honeymoon and divorced 32 days after their marriage. His fifth marriage lasted 37 years, and his wife Tova is much seen on TV, pitching a beauty cream. Ernest passed away in late 2012 at the age of 95. Important Added Info: Note that this item has been personally autographed (signed) by Ernest Borgnine! Note that the item comes with a "certificate of authenticity" from Doubting Thomas Books in Burbank, California. Also 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)! Finally, 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! Note that, as is true of all the signed items we are currently auctioning, we give every buyer 30 days in which to review what they purchased and they can return any item as long as it is within 30 days of the end of the auction. Condition: very good, NO CUTS. The pressbook is complete and uncut. It was folded across the middle but is otherwise in nice condition. Learn More about condition grades
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