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Auction History Result 9x500 HAMLET English pressbook 1949 Laurence Olivier, Shakespeare classic, rare country of origin! Date Sold 9/24/2017 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical English Movie Pressbook (English pb; measures 12" x 14 1/4" [30 x 36 cm]; 28 pages) (Learn More) Hamlet, the 1948 (released in the U.S. in 1949) Laurence Olivier (nominated for the Best Director Academy Award for this film) English Denmark royalty family relationship tragedy melodrama (winner of the Best Picture Academy Award; based on the play "by William Shakespeare") starring Laurence Olivier (winner of the Best Actor Academy Award for this film; in the title role as Hamlet), Eileen Herlie (as Gertrude), Basil Sydney, Felix Aylmer, Jean Simmons (nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for this film; as Ophelia), Norman Wooland, Terence Morgan (as Laertes), Stanley Holloway, Peter Cushing, Esmond Knight, Anthony Quayle, Harcourt Williams, and John Laurie NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this English pressbook, which is a "country of origin" item for this English movie, is extremely rare (we have never auctioned it before). But something fascinating about it is that it confirms something that I, Bruce Hershenson, have long suspected, which is that the English one-sheets were not used in England, but were actually made for other English speaking countries (primarily Canada, Australia, South Africa, and the U.S., when the U.S. did not make its own one-sheet). What do I mean that it "confirms" this? It has two pages in the back, and one is labeled "POSTERS FOR UNITED KINGDOM AND EIRE", and that page shows the British quad, the door panel, and the English half-sheet. The facing page is labeled "POSTERS FOR OVERSEAS", and it shows the English one-sheet, six-sheet, 12-sheet, and 24-sheet! The reason I always felt this was true is that English one-sheets have almost exclusively been consigned to us from the above countries outside the U.K., and I have not encountered English collectors who can tell me they saw English one-sheets on display at their English cinemas! But this pressbook confirms this. Also 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)! Finally, 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 to very good, NO CUTS. The pressbook is complete and uncut and it is folded down the middle. The cover has a long jagged tear at bottom center that extends into Olivier's chin. There is also paper loss in the top right corner and some tears and small paper loss in the lower right border of the cover only. The rest of the pressbook is in pretty good condition (see our images). Learn More about condition grades 
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