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Auction History Result 5z980 WHITE MOLL pressbook '20 Pearl White in a series acting role that was not so successful! Date Sold 2/16/2014 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 9 1/4" x 12 1/4" [23 x 31 cm]; 12 pages) (Learn More) The White Moll, the 1920 Harry F. Millarde silent family relationship crime redemption melodrama (about a woman whose father is ruined by a rich man, and she robs the poor box at a church to help him, and her father ends up dying in the priest's arms, and the rich man who caused it is horrified and decides to repay everyone he cheated or robbed, and he gives the woman the job of repaying everybody, so she goes around giving money back to poor people and criminals, and she becomes known as "The White Moll"!) starring Pearl White (in the title role as Rhoda, The White Moll), Richard Travers, Jack Baston, Walter P. Lewis, and Eva Gordon. Note that Pearl White is of course the most famous female silent serial star, but after many injuries from her roles, she decided that she wanted to quit serials, and she turned to "serious acting", but she became addicted to painkillers, and she retired in 1924 and passed away in 1938, when she was just 49. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: 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)! 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! Note that this pressbook is complete and uncut (as noted above). Condition: good, NO CUTS. The pressbook is somewhat fragile. There are water stains around the edges of all pages, but the pages are not stuck together. Learn More about condition grades 
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