eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 5c0413 MAD LOVE pressbook 1923 why men went mad for the love of strange beauty Pola Negri, rare! Date Sold 7/23/2020Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1923 Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 14" x 22" [36 x 56 cm]; 18 pages) (Learn More) Sappho (released in the U.S. in 1923 as "Mad Love"), the 1921 Dimitri Buchowetzki German/U.S. silent romantic love triangle melodrama ("The famous beauty of a thousand passions"; "The daring drama of a fascinating flirt"; a wild story of a woman who literally drives her boyfriend insane, and when his brother comes to find the woman who ruined him, he does not realize who she is, and she seduces him as well; eventually, he discovers the truth, and his brother escapes from the asylum and strangles her!) starring Pola Negri (in the title role as Dame Sappho), Alfred Abel, Xenia Desni, Ellinor Gynt, and Werner Krauss NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have never before auctioned this pressbook! Also 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 received 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: fair, NO CUTS. The pressbook is complete and uncut. It was folded across the middle and has almost completely separated on that fold. The pages are extremely fragile. Learn More about condition grades
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