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Auction History Result 8m080 FLY pressbook '58 $100 to the 1st person who proves this movie can't happen! Date Sold 6/10/2014 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 13" x 16 1/2" [33 x 42 cm]; 12 pages). Also included is an ad supplement that has 6 pages. (Learn More) The Fly, the classic 1958 Kurt Neumann science fiction (sci-fi) fantasy romantic horror thriller ("Once it was human -- even as you and I!"; "For your own good we urge you not to see it alone!"; "The fly that was buzzing around the house had once been her loving husband!"; "She had to kill the thing her husband had become - but could she?"; "If she looked upon the horror her husband had become, She Would Scream For The Rest Of Her Life!"; "The monster created by atoms gone wild!"; "In CinemaScope and Terror-Color by De Luxe!"; "The first atomic mutation on humans has been shown on the screen!"; "Based on a Story by George Langelaan"; "Screen Play by James Clavell"; very original in its day, about a scientist who invents a "teleportation device" and then tests it on himself, but unfortunately, a small fly is in the machine and his atoms become mingled with those of the fly, resulting in a man with a fly's head and hand, and a fly with a man's head, and he must find the fly in hopes of reversing the process) starring Al Hedison (billed here as "Al Hedison"; sometimes billed as "David Hedison", and sometimes billed as "Al 'David' Hedison"), Patricia Owens, Vincent Price, Herbert Marshall, Kathleen Freeman, Betty Lou Gerson, Charles Herbert (as the son of Hedison and Owens), Eugene Borden, and Torben Meyer NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that the newspaper ads within the pressbook had a box that said, "$100 if you prove it can't happen!" Apparently, someone in 20th Century Fox's legal department got worried, because they put a snipe on the cover of the pressbook that said that the ad campaign had been changed to read, "$100 to the first person who can prove it can't happen!" Note that pressbooks were prepared prior to a movie being released. Often, changes would be made in a movie advertising campaign (billing of actors, different images, etc.), and the theaters would print up special supplements that they would send out with the pressbooks that had already been printed. These supplements are very rare, far more rare than the pressbooks themselves! Some pressbooks would have no supplements, some would have one, and some would have several. Also note that we have provided an image of the front and back covers of this 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 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. The pressbook is complete and uncut and is in nice condition! Learn More about condition grades 
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