eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 6x193 WHAT A WIDOW hardcover book '30 Joseph Warren's novel w/scenes from the Gloria Swanson movie! Date Sold 5/8/2016Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A Vintage Hardcover Book (measures 5 1/4" x 7 3/4" [13 x 20 cm]; 268 pages) (Learn More) What a Widow!, the 1930 Allan Dwan Paris France romantic inheritance comedy (produced by Joseph P. Kennedy; "The Year's Prize Entertainment"; "A sensational attraction everywhere!"; about a sexy young American woman who marries a very wealthy old man, and after he dies, she takes her inheritance and moves to France, where lots of guys pursue her!) starring Gloria Swanson, Owen Moore, Lew Cody, Margaret Livingston, William Holden (no, not THAT William Holden, but another actor of the same name who made 20 movies between 1920 and 1931, and he died the next year, which was 7 years before the more famous William Holden made his first movie!), and Herbert Braggiotti. Note that producer Joseph P. Kennedy was of course the father of Joe, John, Bobby, and Teddy Kennedy, and had a well publicized love affair with Gloria Swanson for many years! Also, this is a "lost" film which means that no surviving copies are thought to exist. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this is the first Grosset & Dunlap photoplay edition from 1930 (one of a collection of such books we are auctioning in this set of auctions). Here are some more details about these books: Grosset & Dunlap was a publisher that made a deal with all the studios in the 1910s to publish "movie edition" hardcovers of novels that were currently adapted into movies (there were also some by other publishers, but Grosset & Dunlap printed the lion's share of these). They would re-publish the original novel as the movie came out (or soon after), and they would put a dust jacket on the book that showed the stars of the movie, and they would include several pages of images from the movie scattered in the book. These books were incredibly popular in the 1920s and 1930s. The example of this book offered here does not have its dust jacket. Note that we have pictured the front cover, the title page, and the interior page that shows the publishing information, and one or more interior 2-page spreads. Condition: good to very good. See our multiple images to get a good sense of the condition of this book. Learn More about condition grades
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