eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result #A567 MOBY DICK pressbook '56 Peck, Orson Welles Date Sold 3/9/2004Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (measures 11" x 17"; 28 pages) (Learn More) Moby Dick, the 1956 John Huston English/U.S. seafaring adventure thriller ("The Man- The Whale- The Vengeance- The Mightiest Adventure Ever Seen!"; "Never such a sight! Never such a might!"; "Captain Ahab The White Whale nearly destroyed him - and no one would rest till the White Whale was dead!"; "Ishmael Handsome, romantic - the look of a poet, the courage of a giant!"; "Starbuck He bet his fears and his faith against the fury of Captain Ahab!"; "Queequeg Cannibal-turned-harpooner - his fierce strength as strange as his mystic tattoo!"; "Father Mapple The blood-and-thunder preacher who roared his warnings to the waiting women!"; "Tashtego The silent Indian --- when hunting buffalo became too tame, he went after Moby Dick!"; "In all the world - in all the seas - in all adventure there is no might like the might of Moby Dick"; "Filmed with a spectacular new development in color by Technicolor"; "From the famed novel by Herman Melville"; "Screen Play by Ray Bradbury & John Huston") starring Gregory Peck (as Captain Ahab), Richard Basehart (as Ishmael), Leo Genn, Orson Welles (in an impressive cameo role, "as 'Father Mapple'"), Friedreich Ledebur (as Queeqeg), and Harry Andrews NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that there is an ad cut from one of the interior pages. This does not affect the poster images. Also note that there is a corner off of the back cover that slightly touches the edge of the image of the 24-sheet. Other than these two defects, the pressbook is in pretty nice condition! Condition: good. This pressbook has either ads cut out or missing pages or both. Above we noted exactly how many cut ads or missing pages there are, whether or not they affect the poster page, and any other significant defects the pressbook has. It has also never been folded, which is also unusual, as almost all larger pressbooks were folded in half so that they could be more easily transported. Other than the above defects, the pressbook is in very good condition. But please do not bid on this pressbook unless you can accept that it has ad cuts or missing pages. Learn More about condition grades
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