eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result #3473 IMPOSTOR pb '44 Jean Gabin Date Sold 1/7/2003Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (measures 11 1/2" x 14"; 10 pages). Also included is an ad supplement that has 8 pages (measures 11 1/2" x 14") and 2 inserts, one with 6 pages (measures 11 1/2" x 14") and one with 1 page (measure 22" x 27") (Learn More) The Impostor, the 1944 Julien Duvivier World War II (WWII) military mistaken identity murder romantic action thriller (about a convicted murderer about to be executed during World War II, but the prison is bombed, and he escapes, and he makes his way to Africa, where he finds a dead soldier, and he takes the man's uniform, and assumes his identity, and then performs heroic deeds, and he is exposed and put on trial, and his defense attorney argues that his valor in war should cancel out his earlier conviction!) starring Jean Gabin, Richard Whorf, Allyn Joslyn, Ellen Drew, Peter Van Eyck, John Qualen, Eddie Quillan, Ralph Morgan, and Charles McGraw. Note that Jean Gabin went to the U.S. when France was conquered by Nazi Germany, and this is the second Hollywood movie he made (the first was "Moontide"). Also note that, normally, in movies like this, when someone assumes someone else's identity, the person who died was a real creep, and the person assuming the identity does noble deeds, but in this case, the dead soldier was a good heroic person, which is odd! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that when studios would prepare pressbooks they would often include a sample of the herald. Most often, the herald is no longer still with the pressbook. Sometimes, the herald by itself will sell for almost as much as the rest of the entire pressbook! This pressbook contains the original herald which is pictured next to the pressbook below. 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. Almost every Academy Award winning movie would have a special "Academy Award winner" supplement. Note that this pressbook is complete and uncut! Since pressbooks were INTENDED to be cut up (the theater owners would cut out the newspaper ads to run in their local papers). It is very difficult to find a pressbook that has NOT been cut, and that ads greatly to their value! Condition: very good. Note that this pressbook is one of a great collection of 177 original vintage pressbooks, almost all of which come from Universal Studios. Most date from the 1940s and 1950s, and almost all are complete and uncut! folded in half; partly separating on the spine; a few small stains on the cover; red pencil on the back cover Learn More about condition grades
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